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ON SHIPBOARD. 
are in constant attendance on tlie families with 
whom they are going to the new home. There 
is no defined place for these hoys and hahoos: 
they sleep on the floor of the saloon, without 
pillow or mat, wearing the dress of the day- 
time. Going down in the dim lamplight, one 
has to be careful to avoid falling over some 
dusky slumbering form ; and despite the utmost 
heedfulness, an arm or foot extended by the 
unconscious sleeper trips you up, and sends you 
stumbling on to the head of another. 
The cabins receive no attention from the ship 
servants, and one who has not learnt this arrange- 
ment suffers considerable discomfort, for no per- 
suasion avails to induce them to keep one’s cabin 
clean and in order. This seems equally strange 
to another party on board, the family of the 
governor- elect of Portuguese Timor, who are 
ou their way from Portugal. The ladies of this 
party are the only Europeans who, like myself, 
wear European dress. We had not been half 
an hour on deck when the Dutch ladies ap- 
peared in sarong and kabia , looking greatly 
relieved in the light clothing. Common-sense 
must admit that, for suitability to the climate, 
no dress can compare with it. How very dif- 
ferent the scene is from that on an English 
