[20] Ketapan—An Indian tree. [↑]
[21] Melatti—A beautiful flower. [↑]
[23] Lalayang = kite,—a game wherein they try to cut each other’s cord. Often matches take place between different villages. This is a national game in Java, like cricket in England. [↑]
[24] Pagger,—an enclosure constructed of bamboo canes. [↑]
[25] Making salt. This means to do something against the law. Salt is a monopoly of the Government. The Javanese is obliged to buy from the magazines of the Government. Saïdjah in his simplicity is saying something—which the police ought not to hear! [↑]