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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    without restraint; but after marriage they are faithful to their husbands. They bathe every day. The inhabitants of the coast are of a peaceable disposition, but when pro- voked the propensity to revenge breaks forth with irresistible power ; and they are said to be addicted to cheating even among themselves. They are expert carvers, but have no other artisans than carpenters and goldsmiths. The higher classes have adopted much of the man- ners and customs of the Malays and Ja- vanese: they smoke tobaceo, chew be- tel, and are very fond of opium, which they use in the same manner as the peo- ple of Java. Subjects render to their