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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    went through the mancuvres which they had already performed till the need of rest obliged them to desist. Nocturnal entertainments of this kind are frequently held at Coupang, but there they are somewhat mingled with European luxury, and this inter- mixture, without detracting from. their singularity, gives them a magnificence which is not to be found in the amuse- ments of the natives alone. I was present, says M. Leschenault, at one of these dances held one evening after sun-set at the Dutch interpreter’s. A spacious court shaded with trees, in front of the house, was lighted by many resinous torches supported by a kind of candelabra. Cane arm-chairs placed VOL. I. H