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prepared and unprepared. Of strange birds there are parrots as We as a 

 fowl, others which are red, green or of different colours, and the beo f Gr 

 cula religiosa) ('), all of which can imitate human speech. We find furthe" 

 cuckatoos; green and coloured pigeons, peacocks and other birds (2) 

 Curious animals are the white stag and the white monkey 

 They rear pigs, goats, cows, horses, fowls and ducks, but have no 

 donkeys or geese. 



The fruits are plantains, cocoanuts, sugar-cane, pomegranate, capsules 

 of lotus, mangostme, waterinelons , langsap (Lansium doinesticum) etc 



The mangostine is somewhat like a pomegranate , with a skin like 

 tliat of the small orange and four pieces of white flesh inside ; the taste is 

 sweet and acid, very pleasant. 



The langsap is like the pi-pa (Eriobotrya Japonica) , but a little Wer 

 with three pieces of white flesh inside; its taste is also sweet and acid ' 



The sugar-cane has a white bark and is very thick ; it m-ows ' to n 

 length of twentytothirtyfeet. There are further meions, egg-pl ants (Solanum 

 melongena) and other vegetables , but they have no peaches plums or leek 



The people of this country sleep sitting, not having beds or couches" 

 and when eatmg they do not use spoons or chopsticks 



Men and women continually chew penang with' betel and linie- when 

 they are gomg to eat, they first rinse their mouth in order to clean' away 

 the remnants of the penang, wash their hands and then sit down Thev 

 take a Ml bowl of rice, over which they pour cream or some other sauce 

 and put it mto their mouth with their fingers. When thev are thirstv thev 

 drmk water. J ' •> 



When receiving guests they ?lo not offer them tea, but only treat 



them with penang. J 



In this country there are three kinds of people : l°the Mahomedans (3) 

 who have come from the west and have established themselves here • their 

 dress and foocl is clean and proper; 2° the Chinese, being all people' from 

 Canton, Chang-chou and Ch'üan-chou (the latter two places situated in Fukien 

 not far from Arno)'), who have run away and settled here; what they eat 



O M ^ ^ This, or rather % g| ^ the black ^u-ïo, is stül now the 



Ohmese name for this bird. 



ft, /!/ ^ ^ ° bSerVed ° nCe fOT aH that the Chiuese CaU P rod " cts * * country whatever 

 they find there. without ascertaining from where it has come. wüatever 



O 00, Arabs. 



