night, rend the air with their discordant yells.
The Tologo is very low, and, in many parts, full of rushes and weeds. Buffaloes now stretch their cumbrous proportions on the spot where clear water once reflected the limbs of royal beauties, and the kingfisher shrieks as he flies over the ruins which once doubtless echoed back the music of the Gamalan.
No man, it is said, was allowed to venture near the precincts of this lake, except the few who acted as body-guards, or those who were specially invited by the Sultan on gala days.
Near this we visited a large cemetery, known by the name of Koobooran, covering about three acres and a half, and consisting of four large and two small courts, varying from twenty to thirty-five feet square, most of which are filled with tombs. Each square is surrounded by a brick wall, about five feet nine inches high, of Modjophait solidity, with passages and doors leading from one
