THE ISLAND OF BALI. 
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would be desirable to have this work published (text and 
translation) accompanied by the necessary notes ; this however 
can only be usefully done in Bali, The manuscript in my 
possession contains 67 Lontar leaves, each furnished with four 
rows on the face and tack and is written very neatly. It is 
written in Garog r (Glogor ) in Badong on the day of San - 
eschara Kaliwon Landep , in the month Kasa the 13th day 
of the increasing moon, in rah 9, t^nggek 6, corresponding 
with the year of Christ 1847, Saturday the 26th June. It 
commences with a metrum of 52 syllables in each line, the 
stanza as usual of 4 lines. ... T t 
3, Usana Jawa The ancient institutions of Java, r a 
work containing the subjugation of Bali by the Javanese 
of Madjaoahit and the settling of the D^va Ayung in Gllqel , 
with the distribution of the lands amongst the grandees ot the 
Court. One manuscript of it had 29 lontar leaves and was 
derived, as they told me from Pasuruang; it however 
probably came from Bali to this place and seems to be little or 
not at all known in Java. It is written in prose. In that work 
a predilection for Ary a Damar and his family is plainly mani¬ 
fested, whilst it passes over the Patih Gaja Madda , the 
founder of Mengui and ancestor of the powerful family of 
Karang-Asem, almost in silence. For this we may find rea¬ 
son in the circumstance that it was originally composed by a 
follower of the dynasty ot Ary a Damar. According to the 
postscript it was written in Galogor by Pamchuttan ("in 
Badong,) on the day Hedili Pahing (Sunday) in the week 
Dungutan , in the month of Kanam (the 6th,) on the 13 \th day 
of the dark half, in the year 1 (rah) of the tenggek* 6. This 
would be the year 51, if we take the I8th century, we would 
have 1751 of Saha, corresponding to the year 1839 of the 
Christian era. 
4, Usana Ball The contents of it are known from the 
Tydschrift voor Nederlands Indie 9th year. 3 deel biz. 245- 
373. There we have said that it is a work exclusively inten¬ 
ded for the people, and not esteemed by the priests. It is 
otherwise with the Usana Jawa , which is held in honour by 
all casts, at least in Badong. 
5, J'amendanga ,t a sort of Chronicle of more recent times; 
it contains sundry histories of priests and kings, ot the distri¬ 
bution of Bali amongst the original Pungawa’s of Gelgel, and 
* Tenggek is a period of 10 years. Rat a single year of that time. Sup¬ 
posing the era to be known, we find it the year of Saka. 
f From the Pamendanga a play is derived, performed by a single person in 
topmy's (masks) j it represents the more ancieat history of Bali, ?iz of tk« 
Dsva Agunf*. 
