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guese only in name ; they have renounced the re- 

 ligion of Rome, and become Lutherans: neither 

 have they the least communication with the country 

 of their forefathers, or even knowledge of it : they 

 speak indeed a corrupt dialect of the Portuguese 

 language, but much more frequently use the Malay : 

 they are never suffered to employ themselves in any 

 but mean occupations : many of them live by hunt- 

 ing, many by washing linen, and some are handi- 

 craftsmen and artificers. They have adopted all the 

 customs of the Indians, from whom they are dis- 

 tinguished chiefly by their features and complexion, 

 their skin being considerably darker, and their noses 

 more sharp ; their dress is exactly the same, ex- 

 cept in the manner of wearing their hair. 



The Indians, who are mixed with the Dutch and 

 Portuguese in the town of Batavia, and the country 

 adjacent, are not, as might be supposed, Javanese, 

 the original natives of the island, but natives of 

 the various islands from which the Dutch import 

 slaves, and are either such as have themselves been 

 manumized, or the descendants of those who form- 

 erly received manumission ; and they are all com- 

 prehended under the general name of Oranslam, or 

 Isalam, signifying Believers of the true Faith. The 

 natives of every country, however, in other respects, 

 keep themselves distinct from the rest, and are not 

 less strongly marked than the slaves by the vices or 

 virtues of their respective nations. Many of these 

 employ themselves in the cultivation of gardens, and 

 in selling fruit and flowers. The betel and areca, 

 which are here called Siri and Pinang, and chewed 

 by both sexes and every rank in amazing quantities, 

 are all grown by these Indians : lime is also mixed 

 with these roots here as it is in Savu, but it is less 

 pernicious to the teeth, because it is first slaked, 

 and, besides the lime, a substance called gambir, 

 which is brought from the continent of India ; the 

 better sort of women also add cardamum, and many 



