sijfailar form* as well as'the. clubs'called; mdct/rif gdda,...and deteda', are. Represented"
as tbeiweapons'used by the-gods, demigods, 'apdf heroes' of (antiquity,
and are'.cdnst'anfly referred to dn fee,-mythological and'historical romances of
the Javans,, arid ..’exhibited in,; their .scenic, and dramatic > entertainments.
The tulup and pdser. represent the'tube and the " small arrows „Which;are
rendered poisonous by .the, upc^s,: ^ these have faot beem. used ^ on-,-Jaya^for
centuries,, but they, are common-'in- .the tlfiss: civilized; islands of thej^rchi-
pelago, and particularly on-Borneo. The garbing is am icon- bar,, formerly
used] by the. Javans.; The bandringi o r;sling, is still hsedrWife considerable
effect, and-was employed , in resisting the British, troops i n ^ t i ^ l h e
p-eddng, bandol, ladtic, goltoa yientbk,: Idmang-or kleipdng, WL&.chundr.ik,
are varieties of the;swoM, i The Mdi-t'rdnfHng^ is,-a^weapon-Syhich, jj®as
formerly general on Java, but-not now much, used» The,«^0raj-. is ^*«pe,cu-
liar weapon, in the..shape, of a chopper, worn on^occasions;mf7state^byi ah
chiefs,.when in presence offfee^qv.ej-gign.' -Of spears -and,-dftrte,-,there|gre
several varieties distinguishedfey different'mame§.r ., Small; roupd shield's^are
still ia [use; the long shield is not.: The; matchlock'exhibited.: jin th^plate
is a repfesentation-of a piece-manufactured.on Bdli. -
Besides’these instruments'of war, thef Javans haye,dong been, acquainted
with tife use of cannon, muskete, amhpisfels., ;PreviouS.$p^he^eductio^ of
Ytigyajcentd-, in 1812, by, the-British forces,-; the, sultan cast-jfeass.-^gurpof
considerable-calibre, and at 'Qreslk they are still map^actored\fp;r; exportation,'
; -Bound, the^krdtm; of^Sfoa-kerta a^mqu^ted'.spvIral.^y-jlArge
piece's Of artillery, and great veneration is paid tp -soine^them supposed to
haye jbeeti The- firsfc introduced on the island :i tw,o,, in^particulaj, are, considered
to Be part of the regaliav For ’muslcets and. pistpls^he^are^pinci-
pally- indebted; to Europeans. . Gunpowder’ they;'manirfac^e,:.ib^t tferno
considerahfeexten.t, and, the.-quality i&*iot esteemed. t ;
From an .army raised only on emergency, and epmposedjof people whpi do
not make the military life a profession much, discipline cannpi be-expected.
The veneration,, however,: which the common,..people payt ,tp dhpirgchiefs,
the well defined gradations of rank, and the .deyof ion with which a l^ ^ s e s
are willing to, sacrifice themselves in support pfTheir-ancient instjtufbns
and. independence, seem to render,,the Javan-troops, while ^acting^upder
their own chiefs, orderly and tractable. ;In their tactics and conduct they
endeavour to emulate the examples given-in. their ancient romauces; and
in. the plans for their .pitched battles, the march of- their armies, and: the
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