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wootly \mn nnd tailaned bodios^ (.lidr naked persons ind 

 uncooked food, and all such monstrous and unhenrd of mfti- 

 lera, k ie scarcely worth while wasting one*8 breath upun 

 them. 



The Hituation of Dalavia (flB P^) loWj and the dwelling- 

 houses are very close together ; but when you get out inio 

 the campongs ^ kam-kono;,) or villages, yon meet With 

 the irardenft atid parks of the HollauderSj adjoining one an- 

 other, for miles togeiher. TJiere yon have high galleries and 

 summer pavilions, bridged and terraces, so elegant aitd beau- 

 tiful, as almost to exceed the compass of human art; the ex. 

 trenie skill ahd dcvenvcas displayed in erecting them no pen 

 can describe. Every seven days there ia a ceremony - 



day or Babbath. when^ from nine to eleven in ilie morning, 

 they go to the |§ ^ place of worship, to recite prayer* and 

 miinible charma ; the hearers hatiging down their heads 

 and weeping, as if th^ire wai something very atfecting in it all ; 

 but after half an hours jabbf^r they are allowed lo dtf^perse^ 

 and away they go to feaaL in their garde n-lioiiae», and spend 

 the w*hole day in delight j without attending to any business. 

 Then you may see the duatof the carriag-es and the footat'^ps 

 of the horses alt alon^ the road, in one unbroken succession, 

 presenting a very lively scene. 



I should say that these lands of ilie western ocean have 

 something agreeable itt them, and soiuelhing to be lamented. 

 The climate i^a nut cold, and the whole year is like a coatinuat 

 su(um<ir ; all the flowers are hi bloom during the four sea^ 

 sons ; in the litne of our winter and spring the nights are 

 rainy and the days fint, truly this is an enchanting state of 

 things and very agreeable. In their manners Earopeana 

 aim to be polite, and tdtect an elegant air \ they seem delighted 

 at meeting with their fnendSj and are lavish in their compli- 

 ment* to one another ; if a man in his poverty make ap[iti- 

 cfttion to them, they do not reject him, whether he be of the 

 same rtan or only distanlly connected, they do not look 



