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gajali could gain the bank, they were swept away by the force of the stream and drowned.

The frrounds about the pahice of Ardjowinagont]; have been very tastefully laid out. Fountains, ornamental tanks, artificial streams, flights of steps, and pillars abound on all sides, though now in many parts broken and gone to decay from time and neglect.

The entrance to the palace is across two large courts, the first of which is called TJmbohl, from a spring bubbling in the centre of a pond. The in- terior of the building reminded me somewhat of a monastery. Except a few large rooms on the ground floor, the apartments, of which the nixmber is cf>nsidt'rable, are very small. The two wings, or towers, are covered with creepers and parasites, which extend their green covering, also, over part of the main buildinir.

I could not ascertain exactly by whom this |)alace was buiU, but I was told that the Sultan who oc-

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