IN THE ISLAND OF BALL. • m\ 



NOTES. 



A. — Thk more recondite portisn of Javanese literature is als9 contained la Ihe Katei^ iiid exac ly 

 the same witii the BaUiiese. J awa or J avi, (b(;th are equally correctj the one belongiug to the como 

 BioQ language, the oilier to the lauguaga of defereuce aad respect used by iaferiore,) and Kaxsi 

 aro used by the Jdi)aMes« as correlative ternas ; the one espressiflg tEa iangusge of »he learued, tha 

 other the vulgar tongue. Whea a work is trinslated from t!ie former it Is said to be made Java- 

 nese of (Jawi), hence Jawi comts-i.0 me^n trausUtion or esplamatioit Sa • general. It is exactly 

 similar to our ovva espressiou, " la make EtigUsh ofa'*,. "Tlie iJia/aj/a^, -whoaa- liisrature is burrowed 

 fjoHi the ArabSy biit above all fromihe Javanese, uae at Jor trauslataon im geaeral, without regardl • 

 io its first aieaii jug. Inproof of thiSiezplaaatiao it caay ba obserTed, that the ternj is only apj.lied 

 40 the written languagt-, the whole ©r slraast the whola of vyhich is Etuere Irsaslation. That ezcelleut 

 and accurate writer, Mr. MjtRSDEU, is ctiiich at a iuss to make:.; out the derivaiioo of this nord« 

 Ihope the accouiU iio.f gtveu will appear satisfactory to the man whoso acqnaiatance with every 

 ih'iDg coDiuctsd with these suuatdes is- l&t ..inaio, Accurate^, aod.. estensit^e . ik^& . thatul ai>y othesv- i 

 iwdJvidu^L ,., 



B. — WEaE.I to ofiferaa-opiottsn respecting the history -of the Kaiei, 1 would- say tJiaHi Is Sanscrzi^' 

 iOfiprived of its iafi.eGii()ns ; and iiaving ia their rouin the prepositions aad ausiliary verbs of the 

 Teruaciiliir dialect oi Java^ .\Y c may readily suppose ihd native Brahmans of that island seperattd 

 from lh;j couatry of their aacesiars, through carelessaass and ignorauce. endeavouring t» get rid of 

 thedifiicult and complex infieations of the 5'£i/zsc/":^j ^for the same reason thi»t the barbarjaus altered ■ 

 t!ie Gr<Je/: aod La<;>j. languages to the farnaaiioa of the naodern Roffia/c and Ita'ian.i In progress 

 oi lime it seems probable that a number of vfo:d3 of the veruacuUr dialect, besides tha {A-eposiiioos 

 and auxiliary Terbs, would creep in, and sucli a corrnp ion eucreasiag would naiurallyv euougli a8- 

 couiit for tlii d'tferectt states of tha Kiiffi^mois or ic3a ffioderu or obsolete as already inenilooed, - 

 The Kavii was prubabiy aiyyays a iJeAii' Uugu^gej ^r if spekeo-j a, laugisaga coKfiued to tha . 

 j)ii;sthood. 



C.^The tnost renaarkible -of these tnoaumeats aro th&temples of SiNfiAHSARi said^to ha7e beea 

 built iu55J. Bovo Buddha h'Xilt \i\ QZ9^tkaA Brambanan ot Prambanan, part of" wlii(ii was 

 built in 121S aud part.in 1288. Thesacond miu is as i s name indicates; a Buddhist temple au(2 

 jii my opiuion t!)e most rcmarkabltj relic of H i, -tduis nu^ oji Ihs island. IfiS t square stone biilJiiigg 

 causistiug of seven raugea of wall, each range decrcAsiog u you asceud, ttll the building terminates 

 aa a kind of djoie. It occupies the whole of a small hill .which' is shaped to receive the walls, and to 

 accommodate i:self to the figure of tha whole structure. The walls, bath iusiJe aud out^ are decorated ■ 

 with a profur.ioa of mythological oruaiajuts ; und aa opiaiou of the size of the whole building ciay 

 be fo.med from ihe number of staiues of Ruodua. which it Coalaini. These are in niches f.nmgd 

 for them iaiha walls and araouut to §10, most of them «atire, Buddha. i» represented iu a si ting 

 posture, more th.n three feet high, nieasnred iu that attitude. Thw temple i$ iu the district of Kodu 

 »nd the choice of its site d>es credit to fcj.e taste of the builders. The country is mountainous ; but 

 fertilu and highly cultivated, escopt /ha gumoftitj of tke hills, whch are covered with lofty treei. 

 Two beautiful streams run at no great distance from the hill, which iJ occupied by the temple. UpDH 

 the whole, ti more picturesque or beautiful spot coold not,haTe been selected. It may be inrariabl/ 

 observed, that the iira/irsi»j have aade choice of ihc fiue»t porOoiu «/ the c«uair| (w ttc site al 

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