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 TASSAR GEUDAY. 107

at the numerous birds, Avliich hung in cages around, I could not help thinking how true was the com- parison which likened these captive minstrels to the ])oor prisoners who attend to and pet them.

Next moi'ning wo went to see Passar Gedday, the Kraton built by Senopati Wongologo, contrary to the command of the Sultan of Padjang. Little now remains of this once famous place, save the Kobooran, or cemeterv, consisting of several courts surrounded by turreted -walls. The gateways leadiuij; to each of these courts still retain some of their old stone car\ ings. In the third court there is a large house, where most of the princes who re- sided in the Kraton have been interred. From this we passed through a smaller one, cahed Seli- ran, where we saw tombs on terraces rising like a series of ste[s. Descending from these we reached a small scpiare tank, cf)vered t)ver with a tile roof, in which there were numbers of l)laf:k fish, similar to the Simbilang of Singa])ore, called, by the Java-

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