or LA PEP.OL'SE. 



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accompanied by two miiftcians ; the one played 

 every evening on a fort of dulcimer, and tiie 

 other on a fpccies of r.iandoline. While we 

 were at work on the preparation and defcrip- 

 tion of our collections, we were under the nc- 

 cefritv of hearing for feveral hours thi.s dif- 

 cordant miific, which, however, never failed to 

 attracil a great concourfe of the natives. 



All the fongs were fung in Javanefe. They 

 commonly turned on amorous fubjedls, as they 

 were explained to us by the ferjeant, v/ho per- 

 feclly undcrllood the language of this people. 

 He told us, that thefe very fongs had been madr 

 extcmp'-.re, according to the cuftom of the 

 linging-girls of Java. This one accompanied 

 her voice by various geftures analogous to the 

 fubjeLl, and particularly by motions of th? 

 fingers very difficidt to execute, and Vvhich 

 drew on her the applaufe of tiie ifianders. if 

 fame may be credited, thefe fongflreiTcs do 

 not pique themfelves on the ftrictncfs of their 

 morals. 



Oil the 19th wc returned to Sourabaya. 



Citizen RicliC and I had formed the project 

 of going to fpeiid fomc time in th.e mountains 

 of Pdfervan, to v/idch wc had approached 

 qui' : ci.'fe in our lall excuifion. Tliey arc Ycry 

 Idi .:d \\Q had of.cn hQ\vA their fertility ex- 



to,. '- Vhca' is cultivaiud on them with 



much 



