Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-28

green rice field but Il Few feet away,
IT was content and / cave seen a child
OF four leading or riding a huge bull
by the side Of n rice field and he did
lead thcm!" The cattle. the ponies. tho
dogs and the cats are all poor. skinny
and sad eyed.
But these common every day things
arr not what bring people to Java.
The volcanoes. and there are many. IA
few OF which may he asccnded by
horseback or sedan chair. but most or
them compel foot climbing. After the
volcanoes arc the arci-ut temples a
few OF which have been restored or
partially so. They are Budda and
liindoo and the greatest is the Boro
Budur which Is about $50 miles from
batavia. Those Of your readers who
want to know about II must consult
their encyclopedia. 1t stands on one
OF three hills that rise out of "a plain.
Is square, about $50 feet each way,
built ot volcanic stone that rings like
steel. WAS built In the sth or 9th CEN
tury aud "a legend Is thyt 1t was built
by n great prince at the command OF
u princess whom he loved that he
must build the greatest temple to
Budda ever built. He did IT and when
finished took her to 4, and asked. her
to decide. She WAS pleased and said
ne MAJ sNtCru'u bHl N'ltN
III. could give him no more love than
ono OF his stone statues and ~ they
were not married. Enough remains
after twelve hundred or more years
to- well repay a trip half way round
the world to sec. There arc no large
stones I'm e, tho largest one l could
find was "a bail - inches high and ~
inches. In diameter a, this bottom. Tho
sitting statues OF Budda OF which there
81. t,Nsat at,.Ns la al
.. inches across tho knees many OF
which Nycro broken away. other statues
Were h.adlcss and otherwise multi
lated. watched the Suurise three
mornings and set three evenings from
tho bottom of the dome and felt amply
paid for giving up, my morning nap,
to sec tho sun como up fsom behind
Mcrapi, n smoking volcano 10000 feet
high and had the JOY Of seeing tho
phenomenon of mountain mirage or
showing ITSELF enlarged IN tho sky. III
fact another mountain sitting on aud
fitting in every detail the real one.
Then a- the suns rays became brighter
on the side they drove the mirage from
that side hut left tho other side and
tho peak stui enclosed for but a few
minutei and then all disappeared and
remembered | had seen the sun rise
on that magnificent pile three times
out Of the over four million ttm"S
since It was builded Most tourists
sec IT In an hour or two and even tho
guide books say an auto trip OF over
loo kiiomcters and the Temple seen
AMI return to DJajks Tor luncheon. 1t
took mo three days 10 sec II and tbs n
loft with regrets for II is ono OF thoso
things that grows ON one, There arc
a number OF other ruins 10 be seen In
Java aud the archacologist iuds "a
fertile field. I have practically en-
circicd Java FROM Mcrak the cNtrsmc
northwest ON tho strsitc of sunday to
Fan iocwauEi On the straits Of Ball,
tho extreme cast end, travelling abt.ut
Loo mile over and thru tho noun
"a lns. along and thru the rorgcs, The
terrac,d mountain sides OF rice, tapi-
ora and tobacco fields. tea, coffee aud
rubber estates. thru miles OF level
cnnc fields. under the stately cocoa
nut tres.s and in tho cast cnd crossing
many beautiful. clear streams and
then there has been some dry and quite
dc. ulatc country where the streams
wers dry aud the people and beasts all
showcd the hardship of drouth fc,il-
way travel Is fairly comfortable on
tho express trains which have electric
fans and restaurant cats ard the rate