[42] Bondowoso’s curse took dire effect and the Javanese lassies of the neighbourhood, who enter the bonds of matrimony about their fourteenth year, comment with sarcastic pity on the fact that their sisters of Prambanan have, as a rule, to wait some ten rainy seasons longer--not without seeking compensation, it is alleged, after the example set by their patron saint Loro Jonggrang, whose maidenly life, according to the _babad chandi Sewu_, of which more later on, was not altogether blameless. [43] The very precise ridicule this appellation, which originated in the childish credulity of the natives, who persist in paying homage to a statue of Doorga as if it were actually their petrified Mboq Loro Jonggrang; but the real name of the group being unknown, why should we reject a distinction not denoted by the less definite term Prambanan? [44] Major, then still Captain T. VAN ERP in his report to the _Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences_, January 11, 1909. [45] The sculptor showed his independence by disregarding the more canonical number of sixteen or ten. [46] Stimulated especially by Buddhist and Jaïn influences. [47] Squirrels: _Sciurus nigrovittatus_ and _Pteromys elegans_ and _nitidus_. [48] _Pasar_ is held once every five days and once every thirty-five days it falls, therefore, on a Friday. [Illustration] CHAPTER V MORE OF CENTRAL JAVA Le bon sens nous dit que les choses de la terre n’existent que bien peu et que la vraie réalité est dans les rêves. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, _Les Paradis Artificiels (Dédication)_.