History of the Indian Archipelago: Containing an Account of the Manners, Arts, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of Its Inhabitants, Volume 1A. Constable and Company, 1820 |
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History of the Indian Archipelago: Containing an Account of the ..., Volume 1 John Crawfurd Volledige weergave - 1820 |
History of the Indian Archipelago: Containing an Account of the ..., Volume 1 John Crawfurd Volledige weergave - 1820 |
History of the Indian Archipelago: Containing an Account of the ..., Volume 1 John Crawfurd Volledige weergave - 1820 |
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Pagina 25 - In stature they seldom exceed five feet ; their limbs are disproportionately slender, their bellies protuberant, with high shoulders and large heads ; and, strange to find in this part of the world, they...
Pagina 18 - ... done over the negroes of the west. All the indigenous civilization of the Archipelago has sprung from them ; and the negro race is constantly found in the most savage state. That race is to be traced from one extremity of the Archipelago to another, but is necessarily least frequent where the most...
Pagina 45 - ... in the ground. He sat in this dreadful situation till death put an end to his torments, which fortunately happened the next day about three o'clock in the afternoon. He owed this speedy termination of his misery to a light shower of rain, which continued for about an hour, and he gave up the ghost half an hour afterwards. There have been instances at Batavia, of criminals who have been impaled in the dry season, and have remained alive for eight or more days without any food or drink, which is...
Pagina 48 - Then said the King : I, and the rest of these Nobles about me, will sing a Psalme to God for your prosperitie, and so they did very solemnly. And after it was ended, the King said : I would heare you sing another Psalme, although in your owne language. So there being in the company some twelve of us, we sung another Psalme ; And after the Psalme ended, the Generall tooke his leave of the King...
Pagina 185 - ... is to be laid. According to this they begin to dispose on the plate the larger compartments of the foliage, for which they use plain flat wire, of a larger size, and fill them up with the leaves.
Pagina 58 - In the month of May 1814, it was unexpectedly discovered, that in a remote but populous part of the island of Java, a road was constructed, leading to the top of the mountain Sumbeng, one of the highest in the island. An inquiry being set on foot, it was discovered that the delusion which gave rise to the work had its origin in the province of...
Pagina 504 - The nut is clothed with a de31 fensive husk, like those of a baser quality, and resembles the thick rind of a walnut, but at full ripeness discovers her naked purity, and the mace chastely entwines (with a vermilion blush,) her endeared fruit and sister, which hath a third coat, and both of them breathe out most pleasing...
Pagina 123 - The dancer drew his kris and went through all the evolutions of a mock fight. At present the practice is most common among the Javanese, with every chief of whom dancing, far from being considered scandalous, as among the people of Western India, is held to be a necessary accomplishment...
Pagina 187 - ... upright on the ground ; on which the fire itself is made. Near the lower end there is a small hole in the side of the trunk next the fire made to receive a pipe ; through •which the wind is driven to the fire by a great bunch of fine feathers, fastened to one end of...
Pagina 398 - Gomuti palm is fit to yield toddy when nine or ten years old, and continues to yield it for two years, at the average rate of three quarts a day. " When newly drawn the liquor is clear, and in taste resembles fresh must. In a very short time it becomes turbid, whitish, and somewhat acid, and quickly runs into the vinous fermentation, acquiring an intoxicating quality. In this state great quantities are consumed ; a still larger quantity is applied to the purpose of yielding sugar.