ISO A iXA run A LIST'S WAJ^mEMlNGS 



along its winding couj-se till it disappeared through a narrow 

 rocky gateway into the blue sea-like plain of J^aleinbimg. 

 Beloiv, fields, of young corn, dotted with gniall watch-huts 

 whit'h were so utterly embowered iu Couvohuhwem that they 

 seemed to be simply immense bunches of yeHow and purple 

 (lowers, covered the rich flats all along botli banks, and 

 might themselves have marke<l out the t^mirse of the river by 



TATA Bi^mi:-TALAH. 



their luxuriant verdnre. The Paugenm owned rice-fields, 

 jMU'tly inherited, partly purchased, which he informed me 

 were worth i>2U,000. He reckoned, however, that his income, 

 from cotton and coffee and other fruits, but principally from 

 hnfl'uloes, was greater than from his rice- fields. 



The houses of the Ogau people were all richly carved, ami 

 the oraamentation is said to be peculiar to their own valley. 



TATA eiMBAB AJJD TATA A WAS'. 



The Semindo meu (a district lyhig about a day's journey 

 to the west) are credited with the invention of the designs; 

 hnt the Palembangers, who are famous workers in wood, are 

 generally the builders, and accommodate each district with 

 the style of " tata " or ornamentation i)eculiar to itself, which 

 it has retained for geiierations. The accompunying sketches 

 will illuiifrate the designs most in vogue. On the lowermost 



