40 NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY 



Ten steps lead up io the only door-wayj 

 "which is in front — at the bottom of the door- 

 posts were two good representations of Ele- 

 phants with square umbaries; over the hinder 

 part of the Elephant a nian leans with his face 

 directlytowardsyou^ apparentlj asleep, but hold- 

 ing somewhat — by these steps we passed into 

 the interior, which consists of one central and 

 two side chambers^ neatly faced with cut plain 

 stones^ and surmounted above by a plain cut al- 

 cove or pyramidal roof of cut stone ; on either 

 side a door leads to each room, which is arched, 

 but at top terminated by a flat stone. — These 

 rooms had no Altars, Images or indications of 

 religious worship being performed in them. ït 

 would seem as if rafters had been used or de- 

 signed, from the vacaiicies left in the freize or 

 above the corniGC; and some of the spaces with- 

 in are occupied by niches answerin^ to the 

 apertures of doors, windows, &c. (see plan.) 



January 21. 

 In the morning Mr. Knops and myself visit- 

 ed some Javanese Torabs or Kramats — they are 

 surrounded by an old wall and well shaded ; 

 these TombS;, which are frequent, have 

 nothing remarkable, they are marked by a 

 wooden frame above ground^ consisting of fouir 



