ARABS— THE JAVANESE. 
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comes forward with his goods. An Arab was 
one morning spreading before me boxes of 
tortoise - shell and sandal - wood, embroidered 
slippers, jewellery, fans, muslins, &c., when 
another pushed forward, saying in the most 
laughable English, “Madam, do not buy from 
that man,— he tells lies, and he is a Moham- 
medan ; I am Christian, and I will not cheat 
you." But his face belied him. The Arabs, 
too, do a little business in the town as shop- 
keepers and money-lenders, but in a much 
quieter and less obtrusive way than the 
Chinese. They are oftcner owners of some sort 
of coasting craft, with which they trade from 
port to port, and to the outlying islands. 
Some of the most elegant mansions in Batavia 
are owned by wealthy Chinese and Arabs ; but 
strong restrictions are laid upon both nation- 
alities because of their intriguing disposition, 
limiting even the number of horses that may 
be run in their carriages, while they are pro- 
hibited from trading in the interior of the 
island. 
The Javanese do not perform the most menial 
work. They have an exceedingly refined cast 
of feature, are highly intelligent, have a differ- 
ent bearing and wear a different dress from the 
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