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^^'triTTiNG tbe rained palace and proceeding about half a mile in an 

 eafterly direction, we difcovered two>artificial excavations in the roc^s^r 

 the larged of which is 14 feet long; and- 10 broad, having a bench to- 

 wards the back part to fit op reclin© on 5. they are not abov^ three feet . 

 high; between the caves is a fmall- tank about 6 feet deep like the 

 caves cut in the rocks* 1 have no doubt that thefe excavations-, con- 

 fiituted the retreat of holy devotees, who fought a reputation ly. the-. 

 performance of thofe auflerities believed fo cfficaciouSj. according,. ^t^^- 

 the religious fyftem-of ihQ Hindus j After leaving the caves- and going, 

 eaftward about two miles as far as I couldcorijedure, amidil- the -mazes 

 of a difllicult fored, v/e came to afolitary tg-mple or rather the ruin of 

 one., Thk the Jdvanefe^' csi\\ Cha,ndi\ Bar on ^t^rm'^o^ which I never 

 could obtain .a .fatisfa(aoF}^expknationi.. From the .nature, of the mate- 

 lials, and judging from the litde that yet remains [landing of the fabric 

 itfelf, we may -plainly difcern that ■this temple i&ef the fame-charaftsr, • 

 with thofc of the plain. Since I viiited it, I hav^ been told that a fta- 

 tue of Gan^^s A has been dug up from the ruins.- Such a iituation as 

 that occupied by the ruins now defcribed^ is one- that never would be 

 chofen by the p re fentrace of -inhabitantSjiWhofeinte re fts confine thcm- 

 to the plain and. all the modern feats of ^^?:;/2«,^ government are in the. 

 latter iituation. The builders QiFramdanan mud therefore have been^ 

 afiuated by; different motives, and thefe motives are difcovered by a 

 reference to the Indian precept, v/hich direds a Hindu princQ to choofe 

 tihe faflnefles o£ the mountains for the (eat of his government.. 



Raja Baca ftated by tradition to be the builder o^ Pramban an is' 

 wholly unknown in the hifloriesof Java;, but by name, and by the 

 fingle circum fiance of his being flated to have been defeated by a 

 Javanejc prince of the name of BanduNo 



