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Rh or Tanda-han, boundary marks by which one district, or residency, is separated from another.

Malang is in the residency of Passeroewan, and under the control of an assistant resident, nominally supported by a Javanese regent, or, as the Dutch call him, Reghent. We passed the village of Singasari, once probably boasting of a large Hindu population, if we may judge from the sculptural remains they have left behind them, displaying some art in the use of the hammer and chisel. A few scattered houses are now all the habitable part of the village; but these, being the dwellings of wealthy Javanese ryots, are generally substantially built of brick and mortar.

As we were anxious to see the ruins, we ordered the coucer to drive as near as he could. A ride of about five minutes brought us to within a short walk of the place where they are situated, a kind of natural amphitheatre, no doubt selected for the celebration of worship on account of its