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B A T A V 1 A. 
CHAP. Vlil. 
BATAVIA. 
Reception by the Dutch Governor — Van Weegerman's Villa and Dinner — Th 
Governor's Bail arid Supper — Dutch Mode of Living — Consequences of it — 
The Chinese — Their hidustry and Prosperity — Jealousy of the Dutch, and 
horrid Consequences of it — "Javanese, their Habits of Life, and Condition — 
Their spare Diet — Their apparent Origin from the Hindus — Their Re- 
ligion — Inconsistencies of Transmigration — Of Animal Life being produced 
by a fortuitous Concurrence of Circumstances — The Malays — Their Cha- 
racter and vindictive Spirit — Attachment to Gaming — Instance of the fero- 
cious Conduct of the Malays—Slaves of different Nations, their Disposition, 
Condition, and Ernployment. 
If a stranger should happen to make his first entrance into 
the city of Batavia about the middle of the day, he would be 
apt to conclude it deserted by the inhabitants. At this time 
the doors and windows are all shut, and not a creature, ex- 
cept perhaps a few slaves, is stirring in the streets. But if 
he should enter the city in the morning or the evening, his 
eye will not be less attracted by the vast crowds of people 
moving about in the principal streets, than by the very great 
variety of dress and complexion which these croAvds exhibit. 
Here he will at once behold every tint of colour, except that 
of rosy health, from the pallid hue of the sickly European, 
through the endless shades of brown and yellow, to the jetty 
