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Rh natives call the dapor, or kitchen. It is built of that dark grey stone known as trachyte, a species of volcanic rock. The interior walls being much blackened by smoke, probably accounts for the Javanese name.

A mile farther on, over a rugged road, we came in sight of the ruins of Borobodoo, situated on the summit of a green hill, which, though much dilapidated, were yet sufficiently perfect to look very imposing from a distance.

Borobodoo is built in terraces, ten in number, the four topmost being circular, and the lower ones, which are built on the side of the hill, quadrangular. The walls of these terraces are surmounted by arches, underneath which have been figures; some still remaining, while others have been removed, or have fallen down from their elevated positions. On the summit of the temple stands a circular erection, now partly in ruins, like a large broken funnel, with a kind of temporary VOL. II.