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ci ous, the former evidently fequircis some pta- 



tcctinn. 



One morning (linving previously receivud u 

 general invitation) I imiid tlie ^ Ws 



haHtalion i tM gtitufltidm was an extendY^ plot 



of ground, containing muurrous houses in the 

 usual Maliiy style of iHiihliun-, iK iu*^- tlir resi- 

 dences of the rajah , his wives, and utteuilaiits ; 

 ifae ■Wfliolfe ^crlOsed by lofty waving bamboos, 



mteJior plante<l with a number -<»f feiiit tBeieB and 

 flowering shrubs. The entrance was by a gate- 

 way, over which was a small room, in which liis 

 Mgliness receives visitors, or wiles away a leisure 

 liourin^^Mnf^talklttgi ^i^^^si^t^. Immttdml 

 to it by a Itumhm la^tof, fettad nivMlf in a 

 cool but dirty room, containing si small bed, over 

 which a unit was laid ; the curtains about it 

 seemed to have remained in ignorance, since 

 they c&M l&e loom, of the applicadm 0f 

 i??ater« Some ^ved boxes, (on^ol which served 

 me for ft seat,) a native shield, and a few other 

 trumpery articles, ctmstituted tlie hiruitin'r nf the 

 apartment. And here 1 was n-ceiycd in a cor- 

 dkl tnanaeir by tlie ^ajab. 



cloth saron{} and .'ifmtialoiif/, \vhicb, like the cur- 

 tains, seemed never to have undergone ablution ; 



