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ble from the capital, I deferred the. minute. ins 
vestigation to another opportunity, after my re- . 
turn from the wes err divisions of the provinces 
I therefore went again to the principal village 
on the southern declivities of these ranges, and 
during various leisurely excursious, collected 
from the hills which are still covered with the 
original stock of vegetables, many interesti 
objects: these are enumerated in the catalogue 
of plants, and among the trees and shrubs, many 
remain for future investigations. 
.. When I first arrived at the capital of Danyu- 
mas, the Tomimong-gong or native - governor 
was still at the court of the Susuhunan, but his 
return not long after my arrival, towards the 
end of the month of Ramadan of the Arabs, 
uniformly denominated Puwasa by the _ va* 
nese, ed both to facilitate my researches in 
his districts, and to afford me an opportunity of 
noticing some peculiarities in the mode of life 
and the government of the natives in the distant 
provinces, To detail these would be foreign 
from my object at present: it is sufficient to ob- 
serve that the life of a large proportion of the 
subjects of the native princes is divided into two 
eriods-eone portion is spent at the court or 
residence of the sovereign, and devoted to his 
service; during the other they are permitted to 
return to their hones, to cultivate their planta- 
tions, and to prepare for the next period. of 
service at the capital. | Persons of rank and dis- 
tinction are attended by their wives and. fami- 
lies; but among those of the lower order these 
are. necessarily employed in cultivating those 
grounds which are allortéd to their support- 
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