. William H. Seward's travels around the world. me throughthe city and suburbs this morning. We were, at first, unable todecide by what name we should call the dwellings of Europeans,whether bungalows, cottages, or villas. We now found them, eachwith its beautiful grove, so exactly like to every other, that, un-aided, we shall be quite unable, on our return to the city, to findMr. Pells residence, or the street on which it stands. To tellthe truth, moreover, the right line in geometry is not the line ofbeauty, nor is the parallelogram, although a very convenient figurefor many uses, especially
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. me throughthe city and suburbs this morning. We were, at first, unable todecide by what name we should call the dwellings of Europeans,whether bungalows, cottages, or villas. We now found them, eachwith its beautiful grove, so exactly like to every other, that, un-aided, we shall be quite unable, on our return to the city, to findMr. Pells residence, or the street on which it stands. To tellthe truth, moreover, the right line in geometry is not the line ofbeauty, nor is the parallelogram, although a very convenient figurefor many uses, especially adapted to landscape-gardening. Nor 286 THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC. was it altogether gratifying to find the Kings Plain sonkingand miry, much more suitable for a dairy-meadow than a strictures, however, we now think hypercritical; we muststill pronounce Batavia the most attractive city we have ever road to Buitenzorg is well graded, perfectly macadamized,and, what is better, completely bordered and shaded on either side. SCENE IN JAVA. by high, thick hedges of heliotrope, cactus, and creepers, all inbloom. Over these hedges, the light bamboo lines the avenue,opening only to reveal the native cottages, peeping from underpalm-groves. All the people we see, whether about their humbledwellings, or moving on the high-road, seem busy, contented, andhappy. Only two beggars approached us on the way, and thesetimidly; both were blind.
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