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about, half revealing the numerous villages. Attap it should be 

 explained is the common roof through all the Archipelago and 

 Philippines. It is a icof formed of the Nibong palm (Slpa frttti- 

 <xms.) 



There is a place of some resort al>out 7 miles from Malang, called 

 Tampat Mandet, which name is literally the Malay for bathing- 

 place. It is in a beautifully watered valley, the source of whose 

 streams are natural springs of some magnitude. The authorities 

 have walled in one of these, and converted it into a regular hath. 

 The water can be seen welling out of the volcanic soil in great 

 volumes. It is as clear as crystal, and no matter how the volcanic 

 sand is stirred it is so purely siliceous that it does not make the 

 water muddy. All around the Tamarind and Terminal ia trees 

 give a rich green shade. It is, in fact, like one of those places 

 we read of in the Arabian Nights. This is the spot where the 

 monkeys are held to be sacred. A call brings crowds of them into 

 the branches above, where, I must add, they become a nuisance 

 and give the bathers all sorts of annoyance. Fortunately, the 

 bathing-boxes are well secured, or they would swoop down in 

 crowds and carry off e\ery article of clothing. 



SitfGOSARi.- — About H miles north of Malang, and not far from 

 the railway station of Singosari are the celebrated tuins of that 

 name. Here it is stated that formerly a beautiful city existed 

 which was the centre of a very extensive government. Sanskrit 

 students have derived the name from "singa" a lion and the 

 Javanese word "sari" which means either a flower or beautiful. 

 About half a uiile from the populous bamboo cuuipong there is a 

 delightful shady valley, now surrounded by cultivation, but in 

 Sir Stamford Raffles' time it was a dense jungle which quite hid 

 the ruins. All this bus been cleared away and the given sward 

 planted with Fraugipanni trees ( Plumtera acuttfolia) throughout 

 the island ; this is the tree with which cemeteries are always 

 ornamented. On the right-hand side of the road, winch turns 

 away from the cam |>ong, there is a fine temple of thoroughly 

 Hindoo style, rising in square terraces to a height of about 30 



