. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . first repelled ; but thecolonial mixes with his rice all or any of theseingredients, which excite his jaded palate, and thanksto them is nourished principally upon the rice, whosemonotony would sicken him if he were to eat it midday meal is generally crowned by a dessert ofthe finest fruits of the Indies; bananas, mangoes,mangustams and shaddocks, which are sold everywhereat low prices. The dourian, greatly prized by thenatives, is never admitted to European tables on accountof its fetid odour ; but any one who is not t
. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . first repelled ; but thecolonial mixes with his rice all or any of theseingredients, which excite his jaded palate, and thanksto them is nourished principally upon the rice, whosemonotony would sicken him if he were to eat it midday meal is generally crowned by a dessert ofthe finest fruits of the Indies; bananas, mangoes,mangustams and shaddocks, which are sold everywhereat low prices. The dourian, greatly prized by thenatives, is never admitted to European tables on accountof its fetid odour ; but any one who is not too disgustedby it will eat the fruit in private and at a moderatedistance from inhabited places, in order not to annoypeople by the horrible At four oclock tea istaken, with pastry or a few hors doeuvres; at eight, a ^ Squares of buffalo derma fried in oil. = Strips of meat dried in the sun and fried in oil; biltong (Boer).3 The famous Raffles had quite a particular detestation for thedourian, according to the Malay writer, Abdullah ben Abdelkader. F. COFFEE PLANTATION, JAVA, WITH BUNGALOW AND FACTORY.
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