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Rh attired in the native sarong and kabaya; whilst I appeared in the mixed costume of native and European.

About one o'clock in the afternoon, the table was laid in the large room, at one end of which was a stove, sadly out of repair, at which we strove in vain to warm ourselves. When the dishes appeared, in walked our host, Mr. Van Rhee, whose custom it was to dine at the same table with any visitors to the Passangrahan. Without awaiting any invitation, therefore, he seated himself at the table, expressing his regret that his wife was too bashful to accompany him, but promising us the pleasure of her society at dinner-time.

After breakfast, as the rain by this time had ceased, he took us to his stables, and from thence to the flower and kitchen gardens; after which, notwithstanding the thick heavy atmosphere which had succeeded to the storm, we proceeded to examine the locality in which we temporarily found VOL. I.