332 INHABITANTS’ 'OF THE TENG’GER MOUNTAINS.
sit’down, to the-enjoyment of-iit, invoking: a'blessing'from tbe'“A'teifMy oil
theinselvei,' -them"!bouses," antb their' .‘laMs;.^feNfeJ m’ore-'; sol'emriitiesJ/are -*'ob’-
served till the expiration -'06 avthcffifi&nd days'/’^hdfi^if.'the-memory-of
the deceased is beloved and cherished, the: ceremony aUxUifeast' are-repeated
;'df otherwise, no further mbtice is taken 1 ofJ him : i-aSrd haViiig-whs
obtained what the Romans'would call his justa,y$ie isodllowed-t^ajbe -forgotten.'
' "Being questioned regarding^the^ttetfetAof • their religion/ they replie'd^hat
they believed in'a‘tiewa, «who was-stllipowerful; that the'namely Which^he
M m was-designated was Burnt Tr&ka Sdng’&dng pM dfa Bdtur, andHfeat
theparticulars"of thiir-worship %lfe c'orltained in' a book nailed'
wKichHh'ey presented to me. - =
On being questioned regarding the'ddat against adultery,- th'efi,1 and other
crimes, their reply' was unanimous and ready,'" that-crimes-ot'this'-kind ^ere,*
Unknown to them, and 'that consequently'no, punishment'was^fiXed1, ■ either
by law" or-custom'; that ifi^man'did wrong, the: head -'ofi’ltffife" tillage'- chid
him for it, the reproach of which wasv akWayS sufficient?purii®ment-for a man
of Teng’ger. This account of'their moraheharacter is* fullyfG'ohfirm'e'dkby
the Regents of the districts'under whose authority thdy hr4-plhi|ddi,',:an.d also
by^the Residents. They,-in-fact, seem ttdbe! -almostfwithout. drimej and
aid universcdlyTeaceable, orderly,- honest,:.industrialist and happy>/J#$fey
are-unacquainted with ithe:vice^nf gambling and thetuse ofiiopiumV: -
The aggregate population is about Twelve “hundrddlsdiate; ahd'tley o'ei
cupy, without exception, the most beautifully rich and" romantreTisp&ts-oQ
java;' a region, in:which the.thermometer'isifrdquefetlyVsilowiaSrferfytlwo.
The-summitS'and -'slopes*of.Iho'hills are-tfoWed ,w®thr-Alpine-firsMahikplsints
common to an European climate flourish in luxuriance.' ► -
"Their language-does; not "differ much from' the, Javan of rthe: prfesei^-'d'ayj
though more gutturally pron’ouncod.- • Upon a comparison* of: about'a-thufiir
dred 'Words with-the Vernacular Javan, two onlyy-were fotfnd -tavdiffer.
They do :not- marry or "intermix with. the people of the low-lands, "^tailing
themselves'bri' their independence and purity in this-tespect.*
* The following are* the o'nty'traditions-fespectihg these people'whieN arfcurrent'’ih ttte’eas-
tern jjrovih'ces. «•’ The peoples of the. Ttrigger* mountains «say-that they.refclived that name from
. “ a person from Mataram, of an, inqinsitiye-and travelling turn {wopg ,maUm)x who having
« ascended the highest ,pf them, ,and being struck with astonishment at the view all around,
gave them the above mentioned name of Tepg’ger, from the Javan ward anjengger, which
« signifies wonder or astonishment.
■ The- Beditf'-afe in tnumbets "inconsiderable, and fqund in therinterior ,6f Bidui,
Bantam:fithey"are 'theikeSCfendantslof <t-hoseV^io,|eseaped into the. woods
after tfret’fall off4he^w"esterii.Cc'a^tal^fh2,^ ^ s a ^ in the fifteenth century,
an'$ wouldr'hot: change t&ir religion,'regaining firrhl-y alftach'ed.to that of
Prdbu 'Seriai I tomlfrofj one of 1 them whichltfey'holdi sacred, and
wilknbfrafio'^^y ojpehb^-th&rfBe^ifcoiapproaohiev^n^Q^i^^ya When
th&Bedui silfe^equehtlyi admitted t#tfeiS'tiltahVof Bantam;-' a r id ^ ^ e jin p
k> deposition
«.man, called P t i ^ w h o hadn^c^en;, , om % F
«.ferant that he
w ^ ^ sV a ^ Y T ^ ^ f f i S ^ t o the sea, Tn*|ie S ^ rg r ^ - «hplt ttoe chddrim
to ^ e bom u n t ^ E ^ As as fienia'dglfie1:rmm|>($tlte had ‘pray^dijdd^ b e t peojfe
tffeattacked by it-im;t h e S m o r n i n g . y e y e r | the § M g g j j l
«-distressed and afflic.ted(at’the lamentable\ & m m o a r ®
lf^ f o o d a h ^ e ^ S fe <yiis‘rest,' iilUt was c o m m u m e a t e d ! , t o ^ t h a t thejiesUlence
“f sea o n e ^ f f e twehtyifiye^il&^whofi’^ d l i ^ h a d 'g t k f i i i B i f e l ^ ^ T P ^ ’tKen
«-assembled all his cMEfren,. and |
W appease-the angry deity. . Ste^signified t%^tuMglJffign^^>
^Mexcent the,$ > M p an<^, fj*".0 S-?yfr(h\i-W 1CJ.. ^ er
a L , J R MBSMEhaaBE: -1
® v e r v g r e a t.d is ta n c e ,T ^ S ^ is child ‘Plaul at the B
i H H B H l wliieSthearS tlie M W W M B a S B H
gjf its san d »^ « '
B B M I H a^ ed by B M if h e U s & j £ £ “
^ were heard to, crow,
W I the p r e s c r ib e d « ' To B Wwmi liiiilMWHi of B and ^ S
j ] l l e g i l i to vfdave%nd-beat M rieh. (.Byithi^manenvre,
m m which otherwise woid4:*ave,bepn'completed
“ was he against t h e ^ p e o ^ « ^ '
B B B M B i sw L a l i B y W i M l T O M B I ^ ^ ®
h^-th-er, ahd'to'this^ay the Teng'ger neither we|ve,c'ott<5n nor beatrotlt'hce... *,
* See History.