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impoeing appearanfie ; ilicy u'ear rtoweiy luuica, embroidered 

 robftB, and white silken Lrowsdra. They bind cheir heads 

 about with white cloth (turbans), and hold ^ 3^ rosaries 

 in their handa. Their couo try ia rich, and ilieir manufac- 

 ture! coneiit of a fine cotton clolhj called |^ Jf^ Ka-che , 

 alio deDomioated moris 2 ni6-le), every piece of which 

 IB worth a hundred reals ; it is as thin as ^ ^ aurplice 

 clolhjOr as the wings of the goasamer, embroidered with 

 flowers, extremely neat and elegant. 



THE JIVANESE (jIVE JAOU-A.) 



Tbii race is eitremtsly numerous, dwelling nil alon^ the 

 coast from Bantam and Batavia, to Cheribon |^ 

 CbAin^-lMn), PacalofigaQ (^}^ ^ Pak-kaJfingX 

 Samarang ^ Sam-pa- 1 ang), Lassem ^ La- 

 Bom), Grissec (iJ^ ^ -^I Kte-lek-sekJ, Surabaya (j^ ^ 

 m "ff So5-U-ba-a), and Banyuwangi (j^ ^ Gw\- 

 Iam-6Dg)< There are some of this race also in Joliore(^^ 

 J&6-hwut), Palembang (' S 'J^ Kob-kang), Tsianipa ^ 

 Clicem-pc), Lampong ^ Lam-pong), <Sgc, all of which 

 placet are inhabited by people of this class. They genera Hy 

 acknowledge the ruler of Samarang § ^ Sam-pa- 

 langX and Solo (J^ Lam-lae), ai their Susuhunaii 

 ^ Sun-Ian), or ioverci^n. The chief a of other jilaces being 

 merely called Sivkan Soo-tan), This claga of peo- 



ple are blunt and atupid, not understanding the principles of 

 reaion ; but ihey harbour no re«enimftut, and are easily 

 managed. They take little account of times and seasons, 

 but assign twelve moons to each year, whicu moona they 

 reckon from ifie time when lliey see the new moon ; their 

 mode of writing reaeHibles crawling worms, and their dia- 

 lects differ according to the placet in which they reside ; but 

 they are all subject to the Dutch j vvhomtbey serre as slares^ 

 obeying orders most punetuallyj without daring to di^pluy 

 the least negligence, 



