PETROLEUM STOVES. 
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from the constant current of air which sweeps 
through every apartment in this climate, the 
smell from the petroleum is never perceived. 
I was fortunate enough to procure one in Am* 
boina, and I do not know how we should have 
managed without it. Before we go out our 
morning walk, the fowl is placed on the stove to 
cook ; it simmers gently while we are gone, and 
when we return the savoury stew is ready. Our 
servant has the potatoes or rice already cooked, 
and while we partake of this simple first course, 
the second, in the shape of a pancake, is brown- 
ing beautifully on the even heat of the stove. 
Mountain-men carrying potatoes to the mar- 
ket pass down the hill above our house ; when 
we need a supply we hail them, and so have 
always plenty of this vegetable, of excellent 
quality too. 
