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Rh Eighteen Javanese coolies, headed by a mounted mandor, or superintendent, three ponies caparisoned mezzo European and Oriental style, and one tandoe, in case my wife found the fatigues of the journey too great, awaited our orders; and after partaking of some cold repast and taking a few sketches, Drahman, by whom we were to be attended, appeared mounted on horseback, and we prepared to start.

These tandoes are a kind of covered chair, carried on the shoulders of four men. They are the sedans or palanquins of Java, and are greatly used in mountain excursions. Mr. B had sent one, feeling convinced "the lady" would find the heat too great to ride all the way. Thus in marching order, our mandor preceding us, we started, amid repeated " slaniat jalans" (" pleasant journeys") of the natives who had assembled to see our departure, and who gazed at us apparently with mingled feelings of wonder and amusement. The