powders called _bóré_; as the _bóré kúning_ (yellow powder), _bóré érang_ (black), _boré sárí_, and _boré k'lambak_. To these may be added the general use of musk, termed by them _dédes_. In the houses of the higher orders, _dúpa_ or incense of benjamin, and other odoriferous gums, is generally burnt. The priests generally dress in white, and imitate the turbans of the Arabs. Such is the ordinary costume of the bulk of the population, as it is usually seen in all that part of the island peculiarly called Java. In the western or _Súnda_ districts, the common people are by no means so well supplied with articles of dress as in the eastern. They are often seen with little or no covering, beyond a piece of very coarse cloth tied round the waist. The Regents or chiefs of provinces in these districts generally wear, when on public duty with the officers of the European government, a velvet cap ornamented with gold lace, differing in fashion in each province, but usually calculated to shade the face from the direct rays of the sun. In the eastern districts the chiefs, on similar occasions, wear the cap called _kúluk_, which will be more particularly mentioned as part of the court dress. Besides what may be thus termed the ordinary dress, two grand distinctions are noticed in the costume of the Javans: these are the war dress and the court dress. The former consists of _chelána_ or pantaloons, buttoned from the hip down to the ankles; the _kátok_, short kilt or petticoat of coloured silk or fine cotton, descending just below the knee; and the _ámben_ or girth, rolled tightly round the body seven or eight times, like a military sash, and securing the whole body from below the arms to the hips: this is made either of silk or very fine cotton. Over this is drawn a tight vest without buttons, termed _sángsang_, and over this again the ordinary vest or _kótan_ with buttons, buttoning close round the body and neck, the _síkapan_ or jacket being worn over the whole. The _túdung_, or shade for the face, is usually worn on this occasion, as well as shoes or sandals. The _ang'ger_ or sword belt, which goes round the waist, also forms an essential part of the war dress, in which the _pedáng_ or sword is suspended on the left side. Three _kríses_ are usually worn in the waist on these occasions, one on each side and the other behind. These consist of the _krís_ which the wearer particularly calls his own, the _krís_ which has descended to him from his ancestors, and the _krís_ which he may have received on his marriage from his wife's father. The latter is often placed on the left side for immediate use. This dress is worn in going into the field of battle, on which occasion it is the custom to appear in the richest attire their means admit, and to wear the rings and the other valuable jewels or trinkets which they possess.