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DOVES. 



xQ^tts in Feb. 183?, ijifhm of the houses 



were nunidfited, ono weh ]>Tc'serviM! i'vinu the 

 Bood by tliis bird being witbiu, the water Howed 

 mmnd the habitation, but did mt mt^ I 



Whm fl^ W6m ^ k^t m a fii^e of confine- 

 ment^ % U By ifae laifain&$et that they pass 

 small green stones, sometimes one every week, 

 and continuing tor one or two year.s ; these stones 

 are much esteemed, valued as high as thiHy 

 ajid forty rupees fmh, ^nd am set in fings, ite* 



Tlie .StOl^^ ,aeed1?tliS0g to native; information, are 

 always passed tipon a Frhlay ; (wbieh is thv. Java- 

 nese Snntbiy ;) some set as hin;h a valne ii|ion 

 their birds as filty and one hnudrcil rnpees eaeh. 



ThwiMitii^ netfet eait tlieiii i a European,. 



$imt mm^ and gave ttiem to his JaYanese 

 SerV^i to eat, not bein<>' aware of their vene- 

 ration for tliem, but he would not toiieli them. 

 Every Friday they take the birds out of the 



eages) wash theift lii'ijiii^e-wafei^ at tlMdam time 

 aMIolStering some ^tti^ ^ilk, («Ninkp&sed of 



such u multiplicity of nudirinal ingredients, 

 tliat my Javanese informant sitil, it would take 

 too long a time to give nie the names of the 

 whole,) otherwise the hMs Widd not live j fear if 

 ilieywmiiot washed^sind! iidii]Otiak& tlie fthyi^,, 

 they would have fimall-wiiileM'or ins in tlic corner 

 of the ryes and in the nosttilsj which would soon 

 destroy tliem. 



