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more easy and well bred than those of our worthy 

 old Widono of Pakis, and he seemed more accus- 

 tomed to mingle in European society. He was, 

 however, much amused with my pocket lens, tele- 

 scope, and compass, which, if not absolute novelties, 

 seemed to be rare objects to him, and as we sat at 

 breakfast, he was continually using them, and asked 

 permission to shew them to his attendants. This 

 breakfast, the luxury of which had now ceased to 

 excite our surprise, was spread in a pandopo, occu- 

 pying, as usual, the exact spot where, without being 

 itself obtrusively conspicuous, we could best sit and 

 contemplate the principal objects about us at our 

 leisure, affording another proof of the natural good 

 taste of the Javanese. They are indeed a most 

 amiable people : so good-tempered and obliging, 

 and so eager to be of use, and always so ready to 

 enter into our pursuits, whatever they might be, 

 that we began to feel quite attached to them. Nor 

 are they by any means devoid of fun and humour, 

 when they think its exhibition will be allowed. 

 Soon after we set off to return, I asked a poor 

 man by the way-side, for some fire, meaning to light 

 my cigar, but when he returned with a huge blazing 

 log, as much as he could carry with both hands, a 

 perfect roar of laughter rose from all our attendants, 

 and abundance of jokes seemed to be cracking on 

 all sides at his simplicity : one man, I think, asked 

 him if he supposed I wanted to roast my horse. 

 On regaining the high road we dismounted and 



