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CHAPTER X.


ROUTE TO MADIOEN—DADUP TREE, A SUBSTITUTE FOR ROPE—THE CUPPOO—TALES OF PONTIANA, THE NATIVE EVIL SPIRIT—ARRIVAL AT MADIOEN—A DILEMMA—VILLAGE WEDDING—THE WAKSIE—THE LENGTH OF TIME A JAVANESE MARRIAGE MAY CONTINUE—SITUATION OF MADIOEN—NUMBER OF JAVA SPARROWS.