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date. His upper lip and cliin being furnished with moustaches and beard, and his left ear with several ear-rings, I at once concluded him to be a native of India. From his neck hangs a chain of large beads, which he is apparently in the act of count- ing with his right hand. Resting against the breast of the figure is a kind of switch, very similar to those I have frequently seen carried by Bengalees in Calcutta to keep the flies off. He wears a coni- cal shaped hat, and has a trident behind him, the meaning of which I could not understand. This figure is known as Kihaibudor, and is much venerated by the Javanese, who, in consequence of his having been the first convert to Islamism in the island, and very zealous in converting others to the faith, come here in great numbers to make vows. The steps leading to another fane still higher up were so broken, and the chamber itself appeared so full of stones, &c., which had fallen in from the roof, that it was impossible to enter it.

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