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CHAPTER XIV. 
TEN IM HER — HOLIDAY GARB — HEAT - — WANT OF WATER 
BARTER FOR* FOOD DIFFICULTIES ABOUT PROVISIONS 
COCOA-NUTS A GOOSE FEUD— A FALSE ALARM. 
Amboina. 
I am writing in the house of Mrs Machik. Since 
we last saw them, they are established in a large 
dwelling looking out on the exercising plain, 
commanding a beautiful view of the bay and the 
hills beyond. But I shall finish my account of 
Tenimber before I tell you of the pleasure and 
beauty of life here. 
We had frequently visitors from other villages. 
These seemed specially dressed for the occasion, 
the men having both head-dress and loin-cloth, 
ornamented with fancy stitches which would 
do credit to a deft needlewoman : patches and 
stripes of red, white, and blue are really taste- 
fully intermingled on both articles of apparel, 
and beads form a fringe to finish the loin-cloth. 
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