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head, being severed from the body by some expert man of the party, is placed on a salver, and after being strewn and decorated with flowers by the peasant girls, is carried in procession, and buried with a great deal of ceremony. The body is then roasted and eaten by the assembled tenants, who afterwards dance to the merry sound of music.

lievond this post, as well as many miles before reaching it, the country is very low, flat, and un- interesting ; but the road being good, we got over the ground pretty (piickly, arriving at Batavia after a live hours' drive under a scorching sun, and through clouds of dust.

Before leaving Batavia, we called on lladeu Salcli, a .Ia\anese amateur artist, whose residence is situated a short distance from the (piarter of the Town in which we were staying. Sending in the letter of introduction with which a friend had kiudlv furnished me, we were shown into a large hall, artistically fitteil up with furniture both

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