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rics are no windows, and but few in the upper. 

 In my opinion this is done merely through jea- 

 loufy, and not out of any well-grounded fear 

 of thieves ; for he who fteals five bottles full of 

 rofewater is punifhed by the lofs of both his 

 hands, which punifhment muft probably deter 

 from the commiffion of this crime. 



I had little opportunity of feeing the difpo- 

 fitions of their houfes, further than in the 

 Swedijh factory. This houfe was exactly qua- 

 drangular, and had fome beds with flowers in- 

 ftead of a yard, in which a fine Althaafrutex 

 (Hibifcus Surattenfis) was in bloflbm towards 

 the end of January, Round about it were 

 flone walks of two fteps high, and on the four 

 fides as many halls, open towards the yard, 

 with niches on the other three walls reaching 

 from the roof within three feet of the floor. 

 In the corners are bed chambers, or the kit- 

 chen. Thofe who live in the loweft (lory, 

 have air-holes in the walls for their refrefh- 

 ment in the great heat. At the top is a ter- 

 race paved with (tones, from which you have a 

 fine profpect. Cifterns and artificial fountains 

 fire confidered as the greateft luxury, partly on 

 .account of their refreshing coolnefs, and partly 

 on account of ±z ncceiHty of their ablutions. 



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