Essay, GB, 805 
has, at a distance, a peculiar appearance: ‘all 
the house, are n.ked and exposed not being 
surrounded, and partially concealed, by clusters 
of Cocoa nut and other fruit trees, as in the 
lower tracts. The climate of Betur is compa- 
rativery cold, and the inhabitants. employ and 
zequire a suitable clothing. I olscrved anany of 
the principal Chinese to wear jack: ts lined with 
the pr. pared fleeces of sheep, which duiing the 
morning, are very comfortable. The appearance 
of the inhabitants is ruddy and healby. Eu» 
ropeans nd che same clothing necessary which 
is employed during the winter in Eurepe. The 
Thermometer descended on the 26th of October 
to 53? of Fahrenheit’s seale z- bur from the 
month of May to August, ic is much colder, 
] observed, in the houses of the Javanese inha- 
biting the neighbouring villages, a large space 
covered with heaps of ashes ncar the centre: 
ran large stones serve to support the logs of 
wo , which are kindled here in the vight, 
The place like all the elevated parts of the Ise 
land, has a peculiar vegetation. Cocoa-nut trees, 
plantains, and the common. fiuit and domestic 
wees of the lower tracts are not found; in place 
of these, many European vegetables grow luxus 
riantly if planted, several are spontaneous, and 
evidently belong to the orginal stock of the 
vegetables of this Islnd; these will be pointed 
din uent section, A few: have been 
accidentally cas by seeds, mixed with 
the culinary seeds brought from other coun- 
tries. The vegetable productions o^ this Is. 
land form an excellent indication of the height 
of particular districts. and a principal object 
in my botanical remarks has. beent a 
