. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. IN JAVA. 99 which the worshippers had plaited a fringe of Areng palm leaves. This same stone is thus decorated at every visit made by the worshippers to the sacred grove. At the base of two of the stones, where perhaps they have lain for unknown time, I found an earthenware jar, both of them somewhat broken, but of elegant shape and artistic design, not of ordinary native pattern or workmanship; but, besides these jars, the egg-shaped stones and the image, all the m
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. IN JAVA. 99 which the worshippers had plaited a fringe of Areng palm leaves. This same stone is thus decorated at every visit made by the worshippers to the sacred grove. At the base of two of the stones, where perhaps they have lain for unknown time, I found an earthenware jar, both of them somewhat broken, but of elegant shape and artistic design, not of ordinary native pattern or workmanship; but, besides these jars, the egg-shaped stones and the image, all the monuments were of rough stone and without inscription or sign of handicraft. At the base of all the principal mounds and pillars I found remains of their offerings. I learnt that the worshippers belonged to the tribe called the Karangs or Kalangs, who lived in a village lying several days' journey to the southward. Four times a year a proces-. EABTUENWABE POT FROM THE EAKANG's GROVE. sion of old men and youths repairs, by paths known only to themselves, through the dense intervening forest in a direct course by valley and mountain, to this sacred grove; the old men to worship and make offering, the youths to see and learn the mysterious litany of their fathers. â The old men lead the way; the rest follow in single file, no one breaking the silence of their journey. Should any one be encountered by them on the way their pilgrimage is considered for that time unpropitious, and they return to their village to wait for a more favourable occasion. On their arrival with early morning at the grove they camp in a small hut, cleanse the ground about the sacred mounds, and perform during the ni^ht or on the following day the rites known to them- selves alone; in the evening they take their departure to an. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not pe
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