believe, represented historical subjects. When we had had enough of
these, we went into another room, where were assembled a priest, and a
whole lot of followers from a mosque. The amusement here consisted in
seeing boys from the mosque stick into their cheeks, &c., daggers and
pointed weapons, which the priest blessed, and which were therefore
innocuous; a milder specimen of the supernatural I certainly never
witnessed. All took place at the Regent's palace, from which I have
just returned. His son, a boy of about fourteen, was present to-night
and last night. A rather nice-looking boy. He never came near his
father without crouching on his heels or knees, and putting his hands
up to his face in an attitude of submission, if spoken to by him.

[Sidenote: Chipana.]

_February 13th.--Ten P.M.--Chipana_.--(The place we slept at on the
night of the 10th.) On this, as on the former occasion, the population
make a sort of festival of my visit, and turn out to perform dances,
&c. The performances are not so refined as at the Regent's, but they
are more picturesque and lively. The ladies move about in the same
dreamy way about lamps, or rather torches, but here they have partners
to dance with them. The noise is tremendous, and has not yet ceased,
although I have retired, on the understanding that the entertainment
is to come to an end, as we again start to-morrow at 6 A.M. To-night,
all the dancing has been in the open air. It was a wild, barbarous-
looking scene; but I do not know that I should much care to see it
again. We started this morning at six, and travelled, as we have
always done, at full gallop on the level or down hill, and with the
aid of four buffalos in front of our six ponies when we came to mount
steep hills, of which there are many. The roads are excellent. They
are made by forced labour, and, what seems rather hard, the natives
with their carts, &c., are not allowed to use them. I found here a
bath formed by a hot iron or sulphur spring, into which I plunged
before dinner. These Javanese seem the most timorous of mankind. A11,
men and women, crouch on their heels and knees when our carriage
approaches; and they do this, I believe, to all white people, as well
as to their own chiefs. But it is not only this crouching; they have,
moreover (especially the women), a way of tur