. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. VII.] NATIVE HOUSES. 135 rudely painted in dull red. The houses were raised on piles, according to the invariable custom, but, owing to the space below the flooring being enclosed by bamboo fencing or mats, they had a more solid appearance than the usual style of dwellings to which the Eastern traveller is accustomed. Almost all were roofed with beautiful neatness by tiles made from split bambo
. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. VII.] NATIVE HOUSES. 135 rudely painted in dull red. The houses were raised on piles, according to the invariable custom, but, owing to the space below the flooring being enclosed by bamboo fencing or mats, they had a more solid appearance than the usual style of dwellings to which the Eastern traveller is accustomed. Almost all were roofed with beautiful neatness by tiles made from split bamboo ; little slips raised from the under surface sufficing to hang them on. At a shady corner a little market was going on. There were. A SUMBAWAN HOUSE. barely half a dozen vendors, and one of them, to our great astonish- ment, we found to be an old Swaliili woman, a type that, though familiar enough to us at Zanzibar, seemed incongruous in Malaysia. Many of the people were importations, and though the inevitable Chinaman was absent, there were Banjermassin men, Buginese from Celebes, and even Klings. The marketables were chiefly dried fish, bananas, and tobacco. The greater part of the latter comes from Lombok, and is excellent in quality and well cut. That grown on the island would no doubt be equally good if properly cured, but the natives apparently did not know how to prepare it. A few common Chinese and even English plates and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill), 1852-1933. London : J. Murray
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