The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02

stood by his masters side. for the latter
would only take It's shade In his solitary
walks.
the diameter Of the spread Of green linen
nearly seven feet. Except for his turban
and dlk sarang fastened round his loins,
the umbrella bearer wore nothing In the
way OF clothing. His position wac the
most envied Of all among his fellow natives.
Some OF h. bracelets were Of hammered
material OF al the rings on his arms and
ankles ~betokened him a great parsonage
for o Dyak.
Rajah and heir headed the procession OF
state along the quarter mile Of white road
70 the Astans. OF palace. There the Rance.
or Queen OF Saraw ak, awaited them. With
her were the officers wives and ladies Of
her court.
The chambers Of the Astana locked beau
tiful In their Oriental scheme of walls draped
wholly In silk. large low dlvans. soft cur
rains a ne. s, rs , 81 nS Tbs G nsIt1iIo hsnsMs s
the coilings TO allow a free current of air
TO pass through the whole interior.
In o KS and corners knelt natives waving
huge palmleaf fans, always waiting for
their R1jsh and eager FER the homer OF
stood a big native who acted ss chief punkah-
wallah, whose duty Il was TO keep the
great revolving fan at work.
Hero In the main hall the heir was pre-
scented to the officers Of his fathers court
and the Rsjah ordered a banquet for the
evening with his son In the place Of honor.
The next day after the great heat OF the
afternoon had passed came the formal cere-
mony Of proclamation.
The Rajah had caused bills In the native
dialects to be called out throughout his
~doninions, making II known that the
Ia mar urha had Dar.a xunttIA rQinn in
his place when he died and that they should
then call him Rajah and obey him. Bril-
liant streamers and flags were shot. out
everywhere and crowds gathered about
the grounds OF the Astana.
The palace resembled very, closely a
big Chinese pagoda. The main entrance
faced a terrace fringed with palms planted
in white marble vases. The large build
ing itself had It's floor set on pillars which
lifted IL about four feet above the ground,
and all the outer walls were painfsf green
and white.
A long sloping roof overlapped the sides
by more than six feet and gave shade to
tina piazza all round. The grounds were
studded over with ornamental lakes:
Hundreds of fountains sprayed from
the mouths and ~nostrils OF we~ird-looking
imps mad the crystal clear water fell back
into the lakes with a splash OF delicious
freshness, which scattered gold fish and
myriads Of shimmering insects among
the tansle Of tropical aquatic plants.
Around were orchids, cactus plants, trail
ing vines and great coooanut palms, max
ing as picturesque a setting as any one
could wish to see for 20 quaint q ceremony.
The Chief OF the Rajah's council read
the announcement declaring young Brooke
to be next successor TO the sovereignty:
The household of the Astana then toasted
the heir. The news conveyed 70 the natives
was received with shouts OF delight.
The obeisance OF the native women con-
sisted in putting the fingers together. at
the top OF their bosoms and kowtowing
deeply until the finger tipe, never parted,
touched the ground. The response OF
the heir-spparent 10 these honors wa
a repeated murmuring Of oh, thank you.
thank you.- and a good deal Of awkward,
laughing confusion.
After he had been made Ra,ah-Mudah
by his fathers command, he was, by the
same authority. turned over to his tutor.
The daily programme was, study in the
early morning and late evening. a siesta
in the long. hot hours. And there he il
now. heir-apparent TO absolute sover-
eighty over nearly rs 900 square miles.