540 TOUR FROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C. 
the three great images at Mendut. They are a symmetrical pair 
and have evidently served for the approach to some place of im¬ 
portance ; though on either side of them at present no ruins or 
remains of any corresponding consequence are found, yet these 
huge blocks could not easily be removed. They may have perhaps 
served to guard the approach to the Kraton of the prince, passing 
in between the places of worship, and whose habitation being con¬ 
structed of perishable materials, has left no trace behind it. Two 
walled up terraces forming a gate-way between them still exist and 
are 10 or 12 feet high, but whether the images were ever placed 
upon these must be a matter of doubt, partly from the difficulty of 
elevating such heavy masses to such a height and partly from 
never finding similar images at other ruins placed above the level 
of the ground. One circumstance however favors the idea that 
they have fallen from these terraces, as they are now found one to 
the eastward, the other to the westward of its adjacent terrace, 
whereas from their fashion, they have clearly been designed to face 
each other or at all events to be put in the same line. Under this 
supposition the statues must have been reared on end after they 
they had fallen. Horsfield describes a similar gigantic statue seen 
here by him, but as its club was wanting and the mouth and chin 
mutilated, it must been other than either of the two now under con¬ 
sideration ; as this is no longer seen here it must have been carried 
away. A few observations on the first image we came to will 
explain the nature of the other. Crouched on his hams, in his left 
hand he holds a club or Gada, the top of which he grasps whilst 
the lower end rests on the pedestal; the club itself is ornamented 
and variously carved as if it had been turned in a lathe. The right 
hand is held up, with the thumb and ring finger bent downwards, 
whilst the index and middle finger point upwards; the little finger 
is wanting, apparently knocked, off, the only injury the image has 
experienced. A thick snake is coiled round the body with the 
head and tail twisted into a knot. The body is bare except a clout 
on the loins. The features of the face are prominent and bold, 
particularly the nose, and though the mouth shows fanged tusk 
teeth, and the eyes are goggling out, still a good natured, mild 
countenance prevails. The brows are bound round with a circle 
or band of death’s heads the hair within which, on the crown, is 
combed smooth, but hangs below it in curls which descend upon 
the neck and shoulders; a death’s head ring is stuck into either ear. 
The other Janitor is similarly decked out, is entirely perfect, but the 
pedestal is a little sunk in the earth. In this image however, the 
right hand reposes upon the top of the club, whilst the left is 
folded down over the knee pan. 
Near to these is a beautifully executed Ganesa or Bitara Gana, 
the same which forms the frontispiece of Raffles’ 2nd vol. of Java. 
It is perfect in all its parts and displays the consummate skill of the 
artist. It is five feet high and squats upon a pedestal of death’s 
