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outermost row of stones.! This, like several of the other 
stones, is crenulate at the edges and has, furthermore, a 
couple of small spur-like projections, one on either side. In 
addition to this, and standing near it, is a somewhat larger 
monolith (44), also with crenulate edges and having some 
slight scrollings on one side, these being in connection with 
the crenulations. The two monuments appear to have been 
left undisturbed by the builders of the Mohamedan tomb. 
Outside the course of stones which bounds the grave are 
a few other, mostly rather unimportant, dressed, or dressed 
and carved, granite stones. Only one of these, a plain and 
short dressed post of stone (107), is shown on the plan, but 
there is also a small, somewhat shield-shaped upright adjacent 
to, it, and abut in front of stone 75. Outside the outer 
course of the tomb, too, and just outside block 77 we found 
a curiously carved stone, which looks almost as if it may be 
a conventional representation of a turtle. 
turn now to the excavation which I made, and the 
restorations that I attempted in connection with the granite 
monoliths 
The most important piece of work was the treatment of 
the group of stones comprising the P&dang (or Keris), the 
Sudu, the Kémudi and other elements. I have already re- 
marked that all the monuments stand in a sort of little valley 
or depression between two ridges. The large group of granite 
monoliths, being nearer to the middle line of the valley than 
the Mohamedan tomb, is on swampy ground, while the tomb 
is kept dry by the fact that it rests partly on the foot of the 
The clearing of the ground took several days, and some 
difficulty was encountered in dealing with a patch of asam 
kélubt (Zalacca conferta) the thorns of which caused the coolies 
much annoyance by constantly getting into their hands and 
feet, while a large banyan-tree, the roots of which had split 
Pédang and had even penetrated the centre of the Mohame- 
dan tomb, also gave us considerable trouble. 
Having cleared the ground, I found a small and almost 
choked watercourse running along the bottom of the little 
valley, so I had a temporary ditch which we afterwards 
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