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metanj^!feeSp't,Jf'whic]^f@^Md^4iny exhibition br^'d¥amatic'repfeshhtatioh"öf'tlie
huffian*'form.'" ‘{*By£tMéïê£ffi'ëSn^'‘rsaid‘ the^^w«^MtWmnch;ihgienuityJ
<t?'lcSiIS%h@'lworIdr‘in gehéralljwitffioi^^^ine ffibwfigrae9,'R^!D@,Iïötnafi, the
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Sf' t h e m ^ s e p M r c * tlië®
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“ • andi^hfe^hdlflfèrh with thé diktOEted'WsemlIlSnc^^lHhj^willhewfnprêsse’d
Mfwithcthe idea, that it was- ortly^asftèr (^jnvers{oiiL%djthe‘ faith>of Üfe Prophet
ƒ.< that' their laifcfesterfe assishrMf tBêfpIraOT^'shapë/Tdf^ifian.^P' But1 thé* dom-
paratively" recent TaltertdS'ó'rË'in 'th'eJ&gure^isfwR^ei^^oubtfu'F front thé
cifèumstariëe of similai^‘fi^ i^ ^b ë in ^ ,^féShdr,onr rnany ó r the'ihhr^'anèièht
coins, 'thus afFordmg gr'öó^d'föf'-an^dpïöón/ that'tliéy'é^teÜ^^rl^ih xheir
■present‘forth1-before -the' intróddcti0@èf '!MaKo’rhëtMi^h1.Ji':” ThéiiP affrtlpfify
i§sfurthérveöhfirtïtedr' by th'# existence of1 silndOT nghfe^in'We^ Hihdü'island
b£ f'ÊdU, txvfrerfejt thoirgfe'nof'^o fmuch dïsferted^ thKy arë^Mil'P-faf hat 11-
f a L 'Thësé fifjui<^svard fasten'ed iipSri a horn spike, anddsav’e^ar piéchof thin
horn hanging from' pach hand,f-by~' meah^of^ ■whibff'5 imP arth&?1 whièh^SKp?
jointed ah the ■ elbow and shoulder,*1 can b^ijfo^ff“ at’' the ‘diSöfèïidH^of tffë
manager.1 \dtfwhitev cloth ‘ör^éufthin is-!thênL dïSwfi.' tif£p?pwf arFoDTOng
frame often or.twelve iföët lSBg ahdtftwftiet high, and- being- jilateea ihTróhé
of the spectators;‘is'rendered transparent by^m'éaustoTa^Barigingdhn^behina
it. Jr,'The ;several figures are made 'Hi-^tilrn^ to appear'and' aGf-‘%Hjir 'parts?’
teêvious 'to ! the commencement of this performance/ wH<r is
seated beKindJ^hè'tourtairiJ: arranges Hh'e^'diïfdéehi^hMraSfers oï^M^lsJp^óf
theScuttaih; 'by* sticking théfti^intö’'2$ fèrf^plahtain1 sftsnfé laid-along
theibottom. | The gdmelan then 'cé"mnieri’'éé&/ and ‘- as^the^ewyeM^cBafactérs
présent théfn sëlV es,-.-"extracts óf the history arerepéatéd/-and the .dialógüëhs
carried' on, generally' a t discretion1 ahdby^tné^hiWütión' of- the11' Dulangl
Without [tills personage-in'othing - can b j e ^ d ö n ê h ^ n ó t Only5pütsl Me-
puppets in motion, but repeats-their parts, ;fnfë^pfersing them with-detached
verses from ■ the/rpmance illustrative of th e ‘‘slhfy“,' and*1 descripfivè' of' ;tHér
qualities of 1 the different heroes. 'S é is>the souhwhich dirécts*'and animate#
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* See Plate.