individual,*' hêfQ i S t u s o f s - t r i v e to imitate the romantic-
exhibitions1- contained in lire piaems^oi'antiguity.' ;ln the grealt' Mhtdrem
war for instance,!-ftm result of which-was the establishment1 of 'the preserit
family, on .the .throne&th^ is said to have been:iri the
fotm of a,shrimp” or prawn! as^fejff annexed p la te i This form
hides Jtfc :söill^ alluding to
the^sbvereigm whoupm ‘the ’centrefan'"^ pdedo^D^appf^öheWJ'' The plan of
iajE*rrfein«Vf have.beep-taageg Som the “pSf® of' the
j&rdta. and .rWips M ^ A 0 L
dirlda m'dta is another form, said to have lfeeh;,used|hy the army'óï' Astma,
and haXlikewise^heen'^P^^'^M^
J .Öf^hê bravefy^ap^L Jieioism rêqÈred'jffé'a soïd|érf sb'me notion 'has heen
l | v e n o f the'javan ethics.* an ef &J|ferèmuc™-tb th |ir’history,
for thé last Thr^eVcetiturlés,^ wilil'abundantly5 that altunufh unacquainted
with t ^ ^ which ^córitïibute1 so darg^'f to lh e
' power oCan European 'army, th e idavdus, as ^skiers,“'haveJ not 'b’èhn de-
.ficient, either in person^-courage^- or in suchmailitary principles as might'be
.dxpited, from'vth^general state 1 vamong• them,"'.and ah,are well
suited to th e ^ tuE e ©f,.the,,country and the’- wehpons^thêy a^^o^èt&ihea' jsor
■-carry vt
* 'I “i t is (thh Vi ati final boast, that - it’ was hot soi md^hAgy -fotce- of arm has by
intrigue and stratageih, that the DiltteWLobtainédltim>sOpèHÓ'nty'*im-the
hSory óf -the' DuldS'admiMkfS^^^^a^.Vviïtjabuhdantty
teMfy this, and .at the same,, time prove, ^hat/amqng-^ A’liaticé'’ there 'Srh 'few
natiohs who .haye: foughJt roóre stihafely dmsupport ólfêffek independ'enoe
than Jhe, Javans!" It was by corrupting and bribing^thWcliefs, and-*sdwifig
disunion among them!' thaUhe Dutch |^c^©^®h)dismembeHhg an empire,
already shaken, at the period of-Jheir':arrival, 'hy 'tHÓ^óhsIant wars' which
Sténded the^ estahlishmenl' of. Mahoin efaSism.^ The^comparisoh which has
■ g“Q-; ■'’* * - / • 1 • 1 ;v i" ïil-'-béeh
* I^óSiL^the'baUl6 i£<ia tou&1 for the wai^iórs to‘shout, and for the trumpets Ysarene*),
goings, andidrums uséd'fo'foe marti^DSrjSfoSsPtihéeVjjSt^ to 'bd^tbidèdi}jai'
-j- The following verse from the N iti Sastfa-Kdioi may be adduced, in further illustration of
1 the notionsj.enterthined by the;Javans’regarding the bravery-of a ^qldier.r -,
The braye.man who has been-successful in vqir obtains Bis heart’s, desire.
“ The brave man who dies in war is received into heaven and cherished by the Widadai is.
_ . i,« If a man is cowardly in war and dies, the keepers of hell seize upofiihinajh a rage;
die,'he is reprobated and despised byi&H gö’od-méaj.«vento his face.