from thù number of stones scattered,, it is not improbable i t .may have been
■ StolâSfei a j M M ^ fe«i§tll*; 'i>>
i f u r t h e r in .the;-.<wood,ihatFi a vshorty distance, we. found another
colossal statue,1 ;of. the same "stamp as the portas1, at iBrambdnan. .This
status wasHyfe on its face at'tie entrance 6$, aiK elevated, stone terrace :
but -ttefcrpeople having excavated .and elearedifhe earth around, we were
enabled) distinctly :tô_ examine, the'[face and front: mût measures in length
about twelve ifeetj, (breadth*betwe'èn the shoulder» ©itferfeef And a half and
at the base,nine feet-b’y fiv.e, ' and iSi ouf i from) one .solid' stone. ; The figure
is-represented.as sitting; on.its hams, =with the hand resting- on.each knee,
but; no’ club,! although it dsl tàolfimpossible it may hâvei,-been broken off.
The)Eooiintetaancè -is jvell expressed and, .the nose, prominent p: bat this fea-
tiüre}--as'well as •»the mouth andi! chinifchave suffered injury&6om partial
mutilation.. •
- Tjbeystatuelsi&ms evidently to, have fallen from.-the.,adjaeent. elevated ter.
race,'-which is about eighteen feet high1 in its present dilapidated state,? and
is built .-of-stones, the upper onto being immense slabs.of five feet by four, and
threedfeét thick.' il^Ahsecond figureiiof-.'the- isapm*. dimensions. ; was afterwards
foundibwtheivicinity.T these-were no doubt'posters who guarded)the' entrance
to these temples.
Having.visited all-ithdt .could be traced- imthe, vicinity.of Sfyiga Sari, we
profeeededfomto Malang, distant thirteen palls .from .Lâwang, and in the
evening wfejdsited the ruinstef Sûpit-ûrang, usually. calledj jK’otaÆ Bédafij or
demolished' fort, 'the site .of,'the. last establishment: pfvthp, rpfuge.es from
Mttjapâhit.
, . The!Fall of this fortification, is. of brick,; .and thefoundation is traced without
difficulty. We rodefound it within-side, end as far as we'could calculate
itjcould not-measure less than two ; miles round*. j-I# is of an irregular
figure, .but in, a. positsipn--rendered remarkably strong b.y two-rivers, which
ruh theftfeonrsevreund:' thtee-fourths' iof .(the .wall,- and then .unite» The
depth fjdofri the -wall foi thei divers is fromiffifty.. to a. hundred» feet,, and in
some places <still more ;; in .many parts the .desceht. is. pearly.perpendicular*
Where the. rivers do. not 'encircle; the ; walls, a deep.moatiis Cut,from one river
to'the. other,’ iwhiphds éasilyi flooded -by stopping the .course; of either river.
I t . is. about, seventy-five-feet wide - and.1 noti less., than fifty deep, even in its
present states filled up no doubt considerably, and in many parts cultivât-
,.G 2 . . . ... g - ed,