46 TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



height of some five thousand feet, its flanks highly 

 cultivated in fields, and its upper region devoted to 

 coffee-trees. Somewhat west of this, near the shore, 

 I noticed a small naked cone, apparently of brown, 

 volcanic ashes, and of so recent an origin that the 

 vigorous vegetation of these tropical lands had not 

 had time to spread over its sui-face. Back of Unga- 

 rang rise tlu-ee lofty peaks in a line northwest and 

 southeast. The northernmost and neai'cst is Mount 

 Prau ; the central, Mount Smnbing ; and the southern 

 one. Mount Sindoro. 



Mount Prau receives its name from its shape, 

 which has been fancied to be like that of a " prau,-* 

 or native boat, turned upside down. It was the 

 supposed residence of the gods and demigods of 

 the Javanese in ancient times, and now it abounds 

 in the ruins of many temples; some partially cov- 

 ered with lava, showing that earthquakes and 

 eruptions have done their share in causing this 

 destructioiL Many images of these ancient gods 

 in metal have been found on this mountain, Eu- 

 iQS of enormous temples of those olden times are 

 yet to be seen at Boro Bodo, in the province of 

 ICedu, and at Brambanan, in the province of Mata- 

 rem. At Boro Bodo a hill-top has been changed 

 into a low pyramid, one hundred feet high, and hav- 

 ing a base of sis: hundred and twenty feet on a side. 

 Its sides ai-e formed into five terraces, and the perpen- 

 dicular faces of these terraces contain many niches, 

 in each of which was once an image of Buddha. On 

 the level area at the summit of the pyramid is a 

 large dome-shaped building, sun'ounded by seventy* 



