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Rh tate of the natives. They were quite quare; the ides were made of mats, and the roof; which was upported by pillars, thatched with bamboes and traw, much after the manner of the farmer's houes in this country: their entrance was wide, and opened to a pacious hall that contained on each wing, the ervants' apartments, inide which, were the gentlemen's dining—rooms and bed-chambers, with large frames in the partitions, and purdoes, that anwered the ame end as our doom and windows fatened to thoe frames,

Purdoes are a contrivance made of coare mulin, ornamented with fancy tripes and variegated colours, and o Well quilted. that they render the