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CUPAN'G. 
their dressy attire, which, however, is simple 
enough when examined. On their shoulders 
they wear a fringed plaid hanging in the grace- 
ful fashion of the Highland costume. Their 
hats — such wonderful hats ! — are made of the 
pale spathe of the Borassus palm-tree, and be- 
sides the neatly constructed crown and “ Devon- 
shire w brim, they are elaborately ornamented 
with a mass of flowers and plumes, wonderfully 
modelled from chips of the spathe. Such a hat 
would he most becoming to a fair English girl ; 
but to these male wearers, with their sooty 
skins and wild frizzly mops, they gave the 
most grotesque appearance. 
On going on shore we were delighted to find 
there an Englishman, who took us to his home 
and left us to the good care of his wife and 
daughter, by whose hospitable kindness w T e en- 
joyed a pleasant change from shipboard, and 
had the opportunity of seeing and learning a 
deal of life in Cupang, The ladies insisted that 
I should get off my English clothing and try 
the comfort of the sarong and kabia. Mrs 
Drysdale informs me that every Dutch lady 
takes pride in her store of these garments, and 
a dozen dozens of the jacket is not considered 
an over-stock. She showed me beautiful ex- 
