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The habitations in the rajah V inclnsitre wf-rr 

 raisi'd from thc gToiiini, ( whicli is the usual Maljiy 

 styk' of constructing liuuacs,) and were ascended 



by m&bm of tudft bamWo ladd^^s* Tbejr ^ 



thatched witli j)ahn h!av(\s ; bnt one of larger 

 ^ize and neater style wa^ tlie immediate resideur<' 

 of the rajtiii and his wives j the j'omig rajah 

 haYing, m wei^ iolbx^di two edii^&iibiiies, 



four years old . betrothed to him as his intended 

 wife. N(^;ir the liahit;itif)iis tlie cocoa, jdnutaiu, 

 orangCj mango, and custard apjile trees grew, 

 shading them by the grandetir and profusion of 

 their fbiia^. There wa;^ als^ a house (whidi 

 tlie etnunuMiceuu'itt, heilig ndw in fiiiuie, 

 appeared int<'ud('d to he of some extent, i which 

 had been {Mtmmrnced fiy the ohl nijali not htuij; 

 before liis death ; but the ljuilding was obliged 

 to be diSG^Jiitim<5cl by the. jumg rajah, m Ms 

 succesdioo, tern la ^ant of the necessarj^ funds* 

 for its construction. 



At one pait of the inclosurt' a hjnnJioo hi(hler 

 ascended to a little elevationj whicli firought us 

 to a phnltj whiclt we passed into th© fort 

 adjoining tJie I'esideiiee of the rajah, and Wite 



UlOimted witli several htr^^v l.rii-- i:iin<. most of 

 whit4i Imd the arms uf tlie East ludhi t'oiupaiiy 



