i6gy.] THE general's state. 239 



He has a King's Table and Train. His Coach, which is 

 always drawn by six Horses, is preceded by a Company of 

 Horse-Gnards with Trumpets, and follow'd by one of Foot, 

 which are often oblig'd to run. Before and on each side the 

 Halberdiers attend and follow very close, and these Guards 

 are no less spruce and finely set out than the Royal Swisses. 

 When I am speaking of Coaches^ I must tell you, by-the-by 

 that altho' they have Horses here in plenty enough, yet 

 their Coach-Horses generally come from Persia : They are 

 smaller than ours, and very strait before, yet of incredible 

 Swiftness and Spirit. The General's Lady's train is not 

 altogether so Magnificent as that of her Husband, yet she 

 has likewise her Halberdiers, and makes a very fine 

 Figure. 



Here it would be proper to speak something of the other 

 great Officers, and the different Courts of Justice, but I 

 understand it has been already done, and therefore shall 

 omit it. 



Of all Nations that are settled at Batavia the EuroiJeans 

 are the Eichest^ : Coaches are very common, and exceeding 

 fine. The Houses, as well of the City as the Suburbs, and 

 even those in the Country, are at present large and well 

 built, and most of them exceeding finely furnish'd. The 

 Gardens are adorn'd with Canals, Arbours, Parterres, etc., 

 and filled with all sorts of Flowers and the best Fruits of 

 that Country. 



venient a n'enrichir qu'un homme, qu'a en enrichir plusieurs," omitted 

 by translator, and evidently another interpolation. 



1 " The coaches used at Batavia are small and light. No one is 

 restrained from keeping a carriage, but all are limited with respect to 

 its decoration and painting. These are scrupulously regulated accord- 

 ing to the respective ranks. Glass windows to coaches are alone 

 allowed to the members of the Government, who have also the privilege 

 of painting or gilding their carriage agreeable to their own taste." 

 {lUd., p. 323.) 



^ In orig. : " & meme, il y en a qui font, comme on dit, Stoi-es,'^ 

 omitted by translator. 



