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for the last man, on whom he rushes, suddenly bearing him off in an incredibly short time. Unless prompt assistance be rendered, there is no hope in such a case of saving the unfortunate victim, or of overtaking the savage animal. I asked the juru coonchee if he had ever seen a tiger on the path along which we were walking. "Not often here, sir," was the cheering reply.
The temple of Salomanglain[1] consists of a series of chambers hewn out of the solid rock, about twelve or fifteen feet from the ground. There is a flight of steps, much worn, by which we managed to scramble to the openings, resembling, from a distance, two apertures in a bee-hive, the shape of the rock itself somewhat favouring
- ↑ I learnt subsequently, from the Mungko-Negoro of Socrakarta, that it was excavated by the order of Kilisuchie, the sister of four brothers who were kings respectively of Kedirie, Singosarie, Bojonogoro, and Gongolo. She was a fanatic, and is said to have lived here, self-exiled from society.
