The History of Java, v. 1-2

About a year after the establishment of the chief authority at _Demák_, the Sultan, accompanied by the different heads of the Mahomedan worship, visited _Sheik Mulána Ibrahim_ a...

_Language--Little known to Europeans--Different Languages or Dialects--Those of Súnda, Madúra and Báli compared with that of Java Proper--The polite Language, or Language of Hon...

The deities who were sent to remove the heavy mountain which weighed down the west end of the earth, were so fatigued with the labour it cost them, that they were all very thirs...

Amongst the various traditions regarding the manner in which Java and the Eastern Islands were originally peopled, and the source whence its population proceeded, it has been re...

_Character of the inhabitants of Java--Difference between the Súndas and the Javans--The Lower Orders--The Chiefs--Nature of the Native Government--Different Officers of the Sta...

_Religion--Introduction to Mahomedanism--How far its Tenets and Doctrines are observed--Priests--How provided for--How far the ancient Institutions of the Country are superseded...

The island of Java is a great agricultural country; its soil is the grand source of its wealth. In its cultivation the inhabitants exert their chief industry, and upon its produ...

_Commerce--Advantageous Situation of Java for Commercial Intercourse--Importance of Batavia in particular--Native Trade--Roads and Inland Carriage--Markets--Influence of the Chi...

_Origin of the Natives--Javans compared with Maláyus and Búgis--Comparative Progress of the three Races--Foreign Influence--Persons of the Natives--Manners--Population--Inequali...

_Ceremonies of the Court--Deference paid to superior Rank--Regalia--Processions--Pomp--Rank and Titles--Ambassadors--Ceremonies attending Births, Marriages, and Funerals--Accoun...

season, seldom a day passes without thunder and lightning; and although these grand exhibitions of nature cause less consternation in general within the tropics than beyond them...

It is here proposed to state the progress made by the Javans in a few of the common arts and handicrafts, and in one or two of the more extensive manufactures; their docility in...

The country known to Europeans under the name of JAVA, or JAVA MAJOR, and to the natives under those of _Tána_ (the land) _Jáwa_, or _Núsa_ (the island) _Jáwa_, is one of the la...

Before the heavens and earth were created, there existed _Sang yang Wisésa_ (the all-powerful). This deity, remaining in the centre of the universe, inwardly and earnestly desir...

D. Proclamation of the Governor General, and Regulation passed by the Hon. the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the more effectual Administration of Justice in the Provincial...

Besides _Sang yang Gúru_, _Sang yang Wisésa_ created another degree of mankind, viz.: _Sang yang Derma Jáka_, who, having humbled himself before _Wisésa_, petitioned him to best...

Language--Little known to Europeans--Different Languages or Dialects--Those of Súnda, Madúra, and Báli, compared with that of Java Proper--The polite Language, or Language of Ho...

Religion--Introduction of Mahomedanism--How far its Tenets and Doctrines are observed--Priests--How provided for--How far the ancient Institutions of the Country are superseded-...

Commerce--Advantageous Situation of Java for Commercial Intercourse--Importance of Batavia in particular--Native Trade--Roads and Inland Carriage--Markets--Influence of the Chin...

Ceremonies of the Court--Deference paid to superior Rank--Regalia--Processions--Pomp--Rank and Titles--Ambassadors--Ceremonies attending Births, Marriages, and Funerals--Account...

Origin of the Natives--Javans compared with the Maláyus and Búgis--Comparative Progress of the three Races--Foreign Influence--Persons of the Natives--Manners--Population--Inequ...

Character of the Inhabitants of Java--Difference between the Súndas and the Javans--The Lower Orders--The Chiefs--Nature of the Native Government--Different Officers of State--J...