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coffee, cocoa, plantam (banana), and many otlier fmlt-bearing 

 trees and shrubs. The house is built in the " bungalow " or one- 

 storied style, common in tropical countries, the centre of it being 

 occupied by a large square room or hall, which constitutes the 

 chief sitting-room. While sitting there, enjoying a cup of tea, 

 a peculiar cry uttered by the planter brought down a parrot 

 of gorgeous hue from the top of one of the tall trees near the 

 house, which perched upon his shoulder and proceeded to share 

 his tea with him. The tinkling upon a teacup with a spoon was 

 the signal for a flock of beautiful tame pigeons to come ; these 

 were rewarded with a little rice and sent away. Another signal 

 filled the room with dogs of many sizes and kinds. In a short 

 time we were again surprised at seeing a number of beautiful 

 horses brought around to eat their rice from off the stone veranda. 

 Upon enquiring the reason for this we found that it was because 

 the attendants were in the habit of appropriating a part of the 

 quantity allotted to the horses, and cou.ld not be trtisted to give 

 them the requisite supply of this article unless under the imme- 

 diate eye of the owner. Here were the choicest breeds of English 

 and Arab racing stocks, and upon expressing admiration for them I 

 was shown the stables, where there were about thirty horses of all 

 sorts and sizes, which are used only for racing and saddle purposes. 



Hunting is one of the amusements of a planter's life — the tigers, 

 leopard, rhinoceros, and wild boar being the principal kinds of 

 game pursued in Java, deer also abounding. In a small en- 

 closure in the rear of the house were various specimens of the last 

 named beautiful animals, including one species, which, when full 

 grown, was not over eight inches high, looking more like a deli- 

 cate rabbit with pipe-stem legs than like a' deer. At a little dis- 

 tance from the house was a small park, within which there was a 

 herd of still another variety, larger in size than those in the small 

 enclosure at the house, being fully as larg^ as our American deer, 

 but destitute of as fine horns, nor are they so pretty. 



One feature of plantation life in Java would jar upon the sensi- 

 bilities of most persons educated in American ideas and in the prin- 

 ciples which lie at the foundation of government in the United 

 States, viz., the contempt and want of consideration with which 

 the natives are treated. As the natives approach the planter, 



