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hill, slioutinrr like boys released from school.

We came next to the little hamlet of Gamoe, about two miles and a half from Paponan. Here we were shewn two spots, to both of which a tradi- tion is attached. The first was the cave of Gun- dohl, on the opposite side of the river Gundohl, and the other the mound of Sukorini, covered with wild-looking trees and shrubs.

According to tradition, the king of some part of Java being dangerously ill with a tumour, which baffled the skill of all the court physicians ta cure, some learned men who were near at hand Avere consulted, and they advised that his majesty's two sons, Gundohl and Sukorini, should set out in search of some healing salve. Nothing loth, the brothers sallied forth, one taking a northern, and the other a southern direction, Gundohl diligently traversed various countries, losing not a single moment of his waking hours, and inquiring of every one he met for this wonderful specific ;

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