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wife, and cliildren, the latter no less than twenty- five in number. Some of them are climbing trees, others bathing and playing, the rest being taken care of by some of their older brothers and sisters. The height of the chamber we entered I should imagine to be about twenty feet close to the walls, and probably sixty or more in the centre, where the ceiHng ended in a point similar to that of the fanes at Brambanan. Facing the entrance, there is a large altar, upon which stands a figure of enor- mous proportions, hewn out of a solid block of stone, of a dark colour, and grained something like granite.

We were informed that this was the statue of Kajah Slambey. The nose and mouth were better chiselled than any we had yet seen. The head was covered with frizzled-looking hair, cut in short stiff curls like those of a negro, and the ears were bored near the tips. We saw also two female figures, nearly the same height as the Kajah, with

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