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��the process of introduction, and Colonel J-

��liavinfT presented us to liis majesty, who shook hands with us, we all sat down in a semicircle, in the centre of which, seated on a chair, cushioned with red velvet, was the Susuhunan. Ilis sister- in-law, niece, and two daughters, the latter looking almost as aged and wrinkled as their father, were seated on his right hand. The niece was what one might term a good-looking Javanese girl, with large dark eyes, and complexion fairer tlian the generality of natives, probably owing to a liberal aji})lication of Biidda,* as well as to the fact that personages of her rank are ])ut little ex- posed to the scorching rays of the sun. Her thick glossy black hair was skewered by diamond j)ins, the precious gems being of unusual size and kistn;.

The Susulmnan was in liis seventv-sixth year,

I'owilcr made of aiTdW-root and otliiT fai'iiiarcous in- rcdit.'Ut<.

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