[162] The Javanese reed-pipe.
That which I saw, seemed to me
A smile of all creation; ...
[164] J. J. Meinsma, Babad Tanah Jawa, text and notes, 1874-1877, commented upon by Dr. J. L. A. Brandes in Het Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1901.
[165] The insurrection headed by Raden Suryakusumo broke out in 1703 and, according to letters from the Governor-General then in function at Batavia, to the Honourable Seventeen at home, this Javanese Hotspur gave a good deal of trouble. Having regained his liberty, he rebelled again at Tagal, was captured once more and brought to Batavia, whence the Dutch authorities sent him into banishment at the Cape of Good Hope, agreeably to the request of Mangku Rat IV. Cf. J. K. J. de Jonge, De Opkomst van het Nederlandsche Gezag over Java, vol. viii.
[166] To rampok is to attack one, crowding on him, generally with lances. The rampokking of tigers after they are caught and again set free in a square formed by rows of men with pikes, is still a favourite amusement.
[167] Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië, vi., 1 and 2.
[168] J. K. J. de Jonge, Op. cit., vol. x., p. 329.
[169] The story points a moral not less relevant to western than to eastern ethics and runs as follows:
Once upon a time there lived in Mathura a courtesan renowned for her beauty and her name was Vasavadatta. On a certain day her maid, having been sent to buy perfume at a merchant’s, who had a son called Upagoopta, and having stayed out rather long, she said: