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ruin, there is little or nothing of interest connected with the place, nothing to claim more than a pass- ing glance from the traveller. Ardjowinagong (signifying " the re-establishment of good fortune") a large palace, two miles further on, is Avell deserving of a visit. It is situated near a river, which we had to cross in order to see the building. The stream is called by the singular name of Gajah- orang, or " elephant and man," the origin of which is explained by the following legend :

A man was once engaged in bathing an elephant in the river, when a friend, passing by on the oppo- site bank, stopped to have a few moments' conver- sation ; during the course of which the man who was washing the animal remarked to his comrade how shallow the stream was, so shallow that it was impossible for such a large, powerful beast as the elephant to be drowned in it. Scarcely, however, were the words out of his mouth, when the waters began to swell rapidly, and before the man and his

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