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VICINITY OF THE VILLAGE. 



tlierinometer, diiriii}** the sliDrt [irnod I mmiined 

 on thk coast, was (Votii 7}J" in SS^* 



Early one iiioruing, u party was lui'meil, to 

 eadeayotur to obtain a vi^cii^^ country further 

 inted. On kudiog at the village of Pedir, wc 

 ^^atB nii't })y tlir old framing' minister, who.^-- 

 conipauied us. 'lite houses of the iiutivcs were 

 constructed of ))am I too , raised, like all the Malay 

 rcsideuces, upon strong ]>osts, a short distance 

 fi-om the ground, aad tlie ascent to ik<& tmm 

 ^b<wr«y was by bamboo ladders. The habitations 

 are covered with a thatch, tbrnied tVoni the 

 leaves of different kinds of palms ; and the 

 tlwellings are cooL This tiuality, so desirable in 

 sultry cEpia;(ies, is given ts) €bejn by gardctiis aniv 

 rausQtdlitg the liaMtiti^iQ^^ im* 



pailang a refreshing v^tirc; i^nd from the 

 hlossoms delig-htfnl odours were exhaled. Anioiio- 

 the more elevated kinds, were the gracefnl and 

 majestic cocoa-nut, and tlie stiaight Arcka pidm, 

 (Arekii<sateelm,) surmounted by Its twitof ditrk- 

 green foliage, and its long pendent clusters of 

 orangc-eolonrctl fruit, of an oval form. 



The ArtocaijutH htclsa^ or Jack-tree, the broad- 



* During tliis iiumtli tlic ucntlKr was gencivilly fiiiiL' iiml 

 cicair ; a tl'w tlajs milj bciuy s(|iiuil) uiul uiiiiL'Ulc'il vv cutlicr, 



