Chap. XXX. "THE ENGLISH HOUSE." 299 
the internal arrangement is shown in the annexed 
woodcut. 
JL Segffa, or " sord chmnabe," into which a person coming from the small yard 
before the house first enters through the principal gate. In the corner there is a 
spacious clay bench, " dagali, raised three feet from the ground. 
2. Small open courtyard, with a very fine chedia or caoutchouc-tree (3.), in which 
we had generally a troop of monkeys, while at the bottom a couple of squirrels 
(Sciurus) were living in a hole. 
4. A second courtyard with a henhouse. (5.) 
6. Inner segffa, where, in the beginning, the servants loitered, and which was 
afterwards changed into a simple dining-room. Here generally the water-jars 
were kept. 
7. Small courtyard, with water-jar. 
8. Inner room, where I used to live, and afterwards Mr. Vogel. 
9. Inner large courtyard, where, in the corner, the kitchen was established. 
10. Koom with a large claybank, where Mr. Overweg used to recline in the day- 
time. 
