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286 having been a descendant of the Brodwidjoyo or Modjaphait family.

Leaving this court, we mounted to the left a flight of steps leading into another smaller one, where, raised from the ground by a few steps, is the tomb of the Sultana Darawatti, "a great and wise woman in her time," say the keepers, whose knowledge of her life only extends thus far. When she lived or died is a matter of great doubt, although from the appearance of the tomb one would be inclined to believe that the Darawatti must have reigned, to say the least, about a century ago. There are several other tombs in the same place, one of which was pointed out to us as that of Darawatti's favourite baboo or nurse.

The Suma, or Sumaja, as the Javanese call it, and the Nogosarie, a fine large tree with a beautiful white flower, which has a yellow tuft in the centre, shade this quiet retreat. The latter tree is