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Rh jet, was pulled backwards, and tied up in a large knot behind, which, with a great portion of his head, was covered with a kerchief of the favourite blue. This style of dressing the hair struck me as resembling that of the Cingalese, with this difference, that the heads of the latter are always uncovered.

Being, as I was informed, a lieutenant in the native regiment of his uncle, Munko Nagoro, he wore a military shako and uniform, all the appointments, except a richly ornamented kriss and scabbard which hung by his side, being such as are worn in the Dutch service.

The other youth, Raden Rio, was the son of the prime minister to one of the princes in Djokdja. He was a young man of twenty, taller than the generality of natives, with more regular features than his companion, milder and finer eyes, but with that which, according to Javanese ideas of beauty, is altogether indispensable, equally black teeth. His hair was dressed like that of Raden Mas, but,