Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    north-west coast, is so intersected by canals as to resemble Venice. The only communication is by boats: there is no solid ground, not even a market- place, but a fleet of vessels large and small assemble in the midst of the river laden with provisions and commodities of all sorts, which are brought for sale chiefly by women, who contrive to screen themselves from the intense heat of the sun under immeusely large hats of bamboo. The river swarms witli alligators, which harbour beneath the houses, and feed upon the offal that is thrown out through the interstices. of the floor. They do not show themselves by day, but sally forth at night, and it is then very dangerous to fall out of a N 3