to the other. It is worthy of notice, that this is the only large koobooran of such ancient date still extant.
In the first court is an attap shed over a raised floor of brick. This is called the Plataharan. People come to it from distant parts as pilgrims, and remain for days and nights to invoke the spirits of the great departed to aid them in the accomplishment of any desired object, or to inspire them with some dream from which they may glean hopes of coming good fortune. In reply to the inquiries of Drahman, whom I requested to put some questions to the pilgrims we met, one old man, almost blind, said he had come from a great distance to pray for good health and a long life. A thoughtful-looking young man asserted he had walked from Gressik, a distance of fifty miles, to see if he could dream of anything portending future success to some speculations on which he had lately ventured, in a vessel bound to
