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drove me over to the village of Modjo-agong, wliere he was 

 huildicg a house and premises for the tobacco trade, which 

 is earned on here hj a system of native cultivation and 

 advance purchase, somewhat similar to the indigo trade in 

 British India. On our way we stayed to look at a frag- 

 ment of the ruins of the ancient city of Modjo-pahit, con- 

 ftisting of two lofty brick masses, apparently the sides of a 



gateway. The extreme perfection and beauty of the brick- 

 work astonished me. The bricks are exceedingly tine and 

 hard, with sharp angles and true surfaces. They are laid 

 with great exactness, without visible mortar or cement, yet 

 somehow fastened together so that the joiots are hartily 

 perceptible, and sometimes the two surfaces coalesce in a 

 Biost incomprehensible manner. Such admirable brick- 



