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in flocki of hundredg and ihouaands, make their nesta, B«n- 

 iBiTij BaLavia, SamaTang, Griaaee, and Banyuwangi, as also 

 Benjarmaiin, Balii Pasir^ and many places besides, prodace 

 the edible bird*@-nesig ; almost all of these cavea are in tho 

 hande of some influential Dutchman , who leta them out at 

 an annual rent ; the larger onet for le^eral thousand reals, 

 and the smaller ones for eeverftl hundred ; while our rich 

 mer chants and great tradera pay coofliderftble sums to be 

 allowed to collect the nest a* These bird's- nests are made by 

 Bwaltows, which feed on glutinous $ea-weed, and voiding it 

 out therewith form their neste. They are gathered in the win- 

 ter and aummerj only twice year, and then not to an excess ; 

 juBt like the honey of beee, which would fail were too much 

 collected. Whenever people with to take the nests, they build 

 a shed near tlie place, and having selected a lucky day, they 

 oflTer a eacrifice, and call the dandng-girls or ronggenge 

 5Q3 long-gSng), 10 aing and dance on the occasion, Thii done, 

 the nativea in compftnieg of ten or hundred, provided with a 

 score of bamboo ladders, and bags tied to the ends of pies, 

 proceed to take the nestg. Shonld they obtain many, their 

 profitB are mcalculablc ; but in bad seasons they lose money. 

 Perhaps tliis also dependa on the conduct of the individual. 



^ THE MOmcEY MARKET. 



To the south of Grissee ^ K«t-lek-sek). at a 



plnce cailed Sidayu (JS ^fc ^ Cht-ta-yew), in the midat 

 of wild ravines and deep forests, the monkeys are very nu- 

 ineroiia ; and there is a mitrket at that place, where monkeys 

 and men mir together, without being ihy of each other. 

 The monkeys have two caves, the inmaies of which frequent' 

 ly fight together ; each clan has iti chief, aa big as a littb 

 boy, who on going abroad, is followed by kU his clan ; and 

 on Bitting down, is surrounded by them, as if he were some 

 grcai personage ; if they get any fine fruit, they put it on their 

 beads and present it first to their chief, after which they re- 

 ' How strangft ! thiU brutes should be thuu accomplished, 



