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CHINESE AND BUG1S. 



work, of split bamboo. The higher ranks commonly 

 wear a handkerchief wrapped round the head, in 

 a peculiar fashion ; and a Javanese gentleman in 

 public usually wears a smart green or purple velvet 

 or cloth jacket, with gold buttons, a shirt with gold 

 studs, loose trowsers, and sometimes boots, and a 

 sarong and sash, in the latter of which is always 

 carried a large kriss, ornamented with gold and 

 diamonds. The women of the higher classes gene- 

 rally live in a retired manner; but among the 

 lower orders, they are under no restraint or seclu- 

 sion, and seem indeed to be the principal frequenters 

 of the markets. There were always fully as many 

 women as men to he seen abroad. 



The Chinese are the same plump, clean, good- 

 tempered looking people as elsewhere, and reside at 

 Sourabaya in very considerable numbers. They in- 

 habit a quarter of their own, where they are in some 

 way under the control of a head man, called the 

 " Capitan China." The Bugis from Celebes come 

 in considerable numbers to trade at Sourabaya, and 

 may often be known by their wild eyes, and more 

 bold and determined look than the Javanese. 

 They are also under a Bugis captain, who is to a 

 certain extent answerable for their good conduct. 

 One of the most outre sights, as it appeared to me 

 at first, was to see Chinese or Arabs in their na- 

 tional dress driving about in European carriages or 

 gigs. I could hardly refrain from laughing the first 

 time 1 met a corpulent Chinese gentleman, in a 



