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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    and above all the revered weapon called the sadang,, a kind of hanger or cleaver, the express object of which, according to the naked expression of the people themselves, was to rip open bellies. Among the people of Celebes the passion for play is still more vehement than among the other islanders of the Indian Archipelago. After losing their money, they will stake their jewels, their arms, their slaves, nay even their wives and children, or in the last extre- mity their personal freedom., With these tribes the disputes which arise at the gaming-table are often terminated by the dagger, or occasion incurable feuds between families. The natives of Celebes are also pas-