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looked over a fertile valley, [decked?] nut cocoa banana and
palm trees and every [wish?] [celebrated?]

We stopped at [Ijandi?] [Moendent?] on our [illegible] and found a [illegible]
small temples containing in an inner room there immense
Buddhas. These people are Mohammadans and [illegible] had to
do away with idol worship, but they still have a good deal of Hindu
worship and Buddha is as good as any [illegible] image. We found a
small [illegible] offering before the [current?] Buddha. On the [Bode?] [Boedor?]
I smelled the strong, sweet perfume of the temple flower, and altho [although]
I didn't see it, the offering had been made. We got back to the
hotel in time for a late [lunch?] and the last part of our trip was
very warm, and I had felt sick up on the temple where the sun
shone mercilessly.

After lunch we slept and took a drive in the evening.

Sunday June 2. This morning we went to see the [Sultan's?] palace
It was not at all interesting—at least the part we saw.
But the story of the Sultan is interesting. The old [fellow?] cannot
leave his palace for a breath of fresh air without permission
from the Resident. He is a prisoner in his own palace but
a [illegible] of [illegible] and a very empty [illegible] of
royalty is [illegible] He has six wives and about 40 by
wives. He has had 153 children but only 53 are living, which
looks as though something was wrong. But he has 100 cooks
and each cook has a servant to look after him. Several
servants were seen with their cooks for every day they get
a bath and a walk. Cock fighting is forbidden the people,
but the Sultan is permitted to have his cocks fight twice
a week provided he invites no one. The Resident had
a distinguished guest who was to be received by the Sultan
this evening and there was to have been a dance which