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place. At five o'clock , lire new spouses look 

 Llieir batfi, and tluring thai time tlie Malay 

 and Chinese musicians perlonned in the 

 same way as during tfie drive. At six o'clock , 

 more firing of canon , and tiien commenced 

 gambling, which was kept up nearly the 

 whole uighL In the belialfof the Chinese a 

 place had been hted up for playing card 

 and other games; whilst in the behalf ot 

 tl>e Malays an other was ap])oin(ed for re- 

 citing Pantuns^ Several clioirs of vocal 

 music, accompanied by soft gongs, altertia- 

 tely lelieved each oilier, bo tit day and nigh I. 

 On the morning following the second night 

 after our arrival, we went to take leave of 

 the king, and thank him for his kindness; 

 and, leaving the place behind us, we heard 

 yet for a long time h orn afar the contimiofl 

 noise of the Feast, vvhicli liad so j)owf!i- 

 lully stunned my ears, thai tlir ncxl day it 

 was yet iTnging in tfiem. 



' Sef (hp note. p. 1^7, 



