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make lai^e holes in iheir eari : tlie fenialea, however, are 

 raihcr handaomfl ; they arc diligent and economical in diapo- 

 sition, but will not submit to the Dutclr governmeni. Their 

 country lies to like extreme eaet of Batavia, and ia on all 

 aidefl surroundtid by water ; Uiere i* a range of it^landa near it, 

 in whirh there are many cavee ; the productions of the coun- 

 try are edible bird's nests, sea- weed (agar agar), sharks'-Giig, 

 becbe de mer^ and birds of paradise. 



BOOT AN ^ boo-tun). 

 This island lies tfi the south of Makassar, ml fir from 

 Salay« ^'^ ^ Sit-!a'ySw.) The appearance of the 

 inhabitants ig black end uffly, and bemflj violent in disposi- 

 lio'i, without f«ar of death, they are dreaded by all the siir- 

 roundiBK islanders ; in this respect they are not inferior to the 

 Bngk^ while, in coarseness they surpass them. They are 

 not iubject to the Dutch, and the productions of their country 

 are ratiana, sapan-wood, beche de mer, bird's beake, and a 

 8on of incense. 



PAPtTA ^ pa-pa), the TNHABITAMTS OF NKW GUINlA. 



These reside to the eastward of Amboyna, and are as black 

 as jel, or as if their whole body had been painted ; they 

 hare woolly hair, and arc intolerably ugly; their limbs are 

 nimble, and they climb troea as if they could fly ; moat of 

 them li?e in hollow trees and caves of the earth ; they do not 

 cook their food ; tht'ir blood is tike thick ink : and they are 

 very fond of wine. A Captain China, called ^ Ko-kinj 

 hiid a slave^ who being once missing, wai thought to have 

 absconded. In fhe distillery there was a taree vat, full of 

 wine, as hi jh as the roof, which was (tipported underneath 

 byfitone pillars ; the slave had crept under this vat, and 

 having bored a hole in it with an awl, began by means of a 

 straw to drink om the liquor ; thus he got drunk and 

 lay intosicatnd for sii or seven daya : after which he 

 was discovered, stilt under the iofluence of liquor. The 



