TOUR FROM SOUEABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C, 501 
from Antang reached the village of of Pagar Sari, where we 
were supplied with fresh horses to continue our further down¬ 
ward course; the road now becomes larger and is better kept 
up, and by the time we reached the 4th paul, near the exten¬ 
sive village of Ngantruh, we were again in a rich cultivated 
country. A beautiful day was drawing to a close, and pro¬ 
ceeding leisurely through this charming country, a while after 
crossing the Kali Konto, we arrived, just at dusk, at the 
commodious Pasangrahan of Antang, well pleased with our 
day’s exertions and not a little thankful that we had reached 
a spot where we could rest comfortably for the night and 
refresh ourselves. We had performed thus the journey from 
Welingi, a distance of nearly 22 pauls, in about 6| hours; 
with less favorable weather it would require great part of a 
day. . _ „ 
The elevation at Antang being considerable, say a couple of 
thousand feet, the climate is proportionably temperate and a 
great difference is experienced from the fierce heat of the plains.* 
Of this we had notice during the night, the cold compelling us 
to look round for boat cloaks or other travelling appurtenances, 
under which to nestle the body unaccustomed to this chill air. 
On rising, at break of day, the thermometer indicated 63* of 
Fahrenheit in the open air, a dense white fog hung sluggishly 
in the valley, excluding the view of the surrounding hills; this 
induced us to saunter away a couple of hours previous to 
starting, that we might enjoy a good view of the place before 
we were forced to pass on from so charming a country. In 
the mean time the examination of antiquities collected about 
the Pasangrahan afforded employment. The most conspicu¬ 
ous object is an inscribed stone standing under a Weringin 
tree. It is inserted in a foot piece or pedestal of a foot in 
height; it rises 5 feet 2 inches above this, at top is 2 feet 
10 inches broad, narrows a little as it descends and is one 
foot thick, altogether resembling the head stone of a grave. 
It is covered all over, front, rear and both sides, with a very 
neatly executed inscription, which is still perfect and distinct, 
but not intelligible to present Javanese. It is said to have 
been originally discovered in this spot. The characters are of 
that peculiar square figure with circular diacritical marks of 
which Raffles gives a specimen, also from Malang, in his 1st 
vol of Java, on the plate opposite page 368: he there gives the 
corresponding Javanese characters, but as yet no one seems 
to have prosecuted the task of forming an alphabet and de¬ 
ciphering these remains of long past ages. Two stones repre¬ 
senting the usual gorgon’s heads are here also and appear 
