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these is hard and tough, and in every respect the 

 worst mutton we ever saw : we found here, however, 

 a few Cape sheep, which are excellent, but so dear 

 that we gave five-and-forty shillings a-piece for four 

 of them, the heaviest of which weighed only five and 

 forty pounds. The goats are not better than the 

 sheep, but the hogs, especially the Chinese breed, 

 are incomparable, and so fat, that the purchaser 

 agrees for the lean separately. The butcher, who is 

 always a Chinese, without the least scruple cuts off 

 as much of the fat as he is desired, and afterwards 

 sells it to his countrymen, who melt it down, and eat 

 it instead of butter with their rice : but notwithstand- 

 ing the excellence of this pork, the Dutch are so 

 strongly prejudiced in favour of every thing that 

 comes from their native country, that they eat only of 

 the Dutch breed, which are here sold as much dearer 

 than the Chinese, as the Chinese are sold dearer than 

 the Dutch in Europe. 



Besides these animals, which are tame, they have 

 dogs and cats, and there are among the distant 

 mountains some wild horses and cattle : buffalos are 

 not found wild in any part of Java, though they 

 abound in Macassar, and several other eastern islands. 

 The neighbourhood of Batavia, however, is plenti- 

 fully supplied with two kinds of deer, and wild hogs, 

 which are sold at a reasonable price by the Portu- 

 guese, who shoot them, and are very good food. 



Among the mountains, and in the desert parts 

 of the island, there are tigers, it is said, in great 

 abundance, and some rhinoceroses ; in these parts 

 also there are monkies, and there are a few of them 

 even in the neighbourhood of Batavia. 



Of fish, here is an amazing plenty ; many sorts are 

 excellent, and all are very cheap, except the few 

 that are scarce. It happens here, as in other places, 

 that vanity gets the better even of appetite : the 

 cheap fish, most of which is of the best kind, is the 

 food only of slaves, and that which is dear, only be- 



