paràte;.qûartersi being .assigned .within the walls to all the ramilies who may
he considered .as attadied .to:-the person of thej sovereign^'orfctljatti of the
p rin ce s.T h e . circmpference .bftthe walhof'the krâkm of-- Yugy'a-hérta is
not less.tham three jmiles';' and It, was •'estimated that, at .the.period-of the
assault in lSJg, it did^notïcèritaim fewètóthan from len;to fifteen thousand
people. J.That^b£:^r«^i?rte:is •‘.neither.^bi%èxte|ièi^'ei i nor well-built.
After crbsshjgfthe râlUn:âlun, Jor square’in', front bf.the-Amtow,' theUprincipal
entrance, js by. a flightiof stqpsj ât theptopjoft which it is usual fQr -thenew
sovereign Itoj hé invested^with:Jiis;authbrii;y,r and'on 'which'hg'ds ^eateH on
those.afcaâonsnïîîJwhichiheîshew,^înmself-m.'pùh’l%lî Thisnisl termè.d&IÉte
,setmgel,ifi0jn seti-ingel, the high-ground. On thea'e'occâsions^tKe iPmg?ér.ans
and nobles are ranged below. .Prqeqedingjjgto the interior ofrthe"building,
and .after .descending.a flight-.of : "steps,! we tin d> the. next principal gateway
of. entrance : isxalled th pbrójo noló. 'After .passing another colirty -'tliëfffeXt .
gatëway-is ! termed kâmandûngan ; and beyond this again à» thedâst,‘pà^sâgè7
distinguished by the- term s’rimenânti. i Still farthefi on,u ipfe-tlfeneentfetfi of .a
square^ is■ the\h&]ïy mehd^o\6i^%ângsal,.-nfi^&é'iprüieev'r Otif oneasidèföf
the square (are two «smallt meridópos, .or( opemdheds, called ; han^skl^erlghaplti
where, the ■Pang'.érans assemble to wait the- appearanc&epf. thàl,sovereign nn
the principal.^ndqpo,; and on. thé opposite .side: is- the
tumpang, óftthe prince, t e r m e yólcso. is-a
large;opèn^Hall, ! supported ;,by. a double row of 'pillars, iaod{?<jb,veT.eddwith
shingles, ffieontfiripr^being- '.richly, decorated with paint, and/gilding.«) «5E*Kj|7
ceiling .bfteth^KmdópoJoÊ Y v g if a-kérta is remarkable fonrifs Tspleipwl# ‘and
richness;; being 1 composed, according ito 'that-‘peculiar : styled of. "architecture
frequently ;obserVedqthrough'Qût Java,. in :whichVseveral;squaEes,fio^gr-a-du3,]ly<i
decreasing sizes,- açe^ arranged oher above and within the other.; j-aWtMè
which is genejâtfamong the Hindus, and strongly jnarks, thçoatellte'ctüre
jofTthe Barmans andjSi'amese. i
• In th é ‘centre, of the, aim alun, and in front - ofuthe se0igely âreitwô
pêtingejfi .trees-:£the Indian- fig ;or. hanyaji)^ calléd ti>âr,ingîeyi dm%imgi which
havekbecm consid^red.as 'jtb.e.isig.n or mark of the *royal‘. Residence-drom 'rfhé^
earliest d.ate/qf. Javan ‘histpry.^/r
In the. dwellings of-.th’e nobles and governors lóf I provinces; the same/form
and.ordêrifrJYithi.sfiîne>slight modifications, are observed.. Theiehave likewise
the alun -Mm in front. .The. outer entrancë corresponding-with, the
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