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��CHAPTER YIII.

The next route we proposed takinf^ was to Tjilatjap, via Bandjarnegara and Banjoemas. A drive of thirty miles, through a hilly country and sandy districts, shaded by thick groves of betel-nut and cocoa-nut, brought us to the Ivegent's house at Bandjarnegara. We found this gentleman a most hospitable host, and quite a Javanese virtuoso; having a museum in his house, filled with an envial)le collection of anti(juities from the Dieng, and other localities, cousistiug of cooking utensils, round trays, adorned with embossed figures, some of which resembled those representing the signs of the zodiac on an old bronze cup which 1 ob- tained whilst at Djokdja. Some of these ancient

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