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maiiKid during my residence in Cunton witli 

 my fiimd, Mr. WHteudaiu 

 <)$itiim U geneis^ly said! to possess but little, in 



titer confined spot allotted to the range of Eutt)- 

 perms, to interest the strnnonn*. Tliis may l>e par- 

 tially correct j but still the peculiai' customs of the 

 people ^hi^ f axige the subu^l^ mAj nlPoid 

 mmy days iMoaLiitem^tj %mtg novel, md 

 unlike what is seen in any otlier coiintiy in 

 tin* world. The range of factories or Ilongs 

 belonging to dittercnt nations, having flag- 

 stafFs, on which tlie national colonra are hoisted 

 from snnt^ snns@t» S&e baSx]ij^% mm 

 especially tbos^ belong ing to the £n^lstt 

 liulia Company, wliicli are of greater extent 

 than the mIioIc of fhe others. Se\end weep- 

 ing Avillows arc planted about the open space 



nmt ite tiv^j In fxmi of ^ feeijarfm The 

 Engli^ and Dntdi hongs have neat gardens, laid 



out for a promenade, in front of them ; but the 

 open space before most of the others forms tlio 

 '* quarter-deck/' where every evening the Euro- 

 pean i*esidents take then* limited walk* 



The we$yier In of i^e fbetoiiies is usually 

 at this season of the year sultry, but on entering 

 the alleys of the hon<>s, cold cnrrcnts of air are 

 felt pouring down upon the just heated frame. 

 A sudden tftniosphqricsl change very frequently 



