likely to excite that harmony of fentiment and union of in-
terefts wtftch, in more civilized countries, are cheriihed and
grow to maturity by the genial warmth and cheerfulnefs and
comfort of a family fire-fide. Here the members of the fame
family feldom meet together. The huiband, having flept the
greateft part of the day, finds his bed irkfome in the morning
and rifes with the dawn. He takes his folitary cup of coffee, or
fopie, or both, and fmokes his pipe ; then lounges about the
houfe in his Jla'ap mutz and nagt cabaay, his night cap and
gown, or parades the Jloopy or raifed platform before the door,
in the fame drefs, with a long pipe ftuck in his mouth.
About nine o’clock he takes a folid breakfaft, and a few glaffes
of wine, continues to lounge about the houfe till dinner-hour,
which is punctually at twelve, or, if the weather be tempting,
or any news flirring, he walks out to meet his comrades. Immediately
after dinner he goes to bed, rifes again at five or fix,
makes or receives vifits, when he fmokes tobacco and drinks
wine till nine o’clock, which is the fignal for every one to repair
to his own houfe. Here a hot fupper, confifting of eight,
ten, or even twenty folid difhes of fifh and butcher’s meat,
dreffed in a yariety of ihapes, is ready to receive him, fmoking
pn the table. This is the favourite meal, to whidh he confiders
all that he has eaten and drunken and fmoked in the courfe of
the day, as whets only to the appetite, and preparatives to the
grand feaft, Thus day after day,
*f The lazy glutton fafe at home will keep,
“ Indulge his floth, and fatten with his fleep.” ,
The
The good woman of the houfe rifes about the fame early
hour with her huiband ; takes her coffee alone ; fcolds the flaves;
Jets them their daily taik ; dreffe.s for a vendutie or public fale,
of -which there are never fewer than three or four in the town,
or its vicinity, every day of the week ; comes home to dinner
at twelve, and then goes to bed ; riles again with her huiband,
reçèives;or pays vifits with him; ;but' here they feparate; the
men drink and fmpke in-one room ; the women are left to them-
felves in another. The poor children fcramhle as well as they
can among the flaves, to whom: they; are eonfigned,' one in one
room, and another in another ; each, in the better fort of families,
having its proper llave, called its aya, a Malay term,
hprrpwed, perhaps, from the Pqrtugnefe or Italian, fignifying
nurfe or proteârefs; and, by an inevitable confequence,-the ayp
is looked up to through life with more affedtion than the natural
parents, ..................
Little as eharaûer is regarded, they are extremely tenacious
of their rank. More quarrels have arifen about ladies taking
precedency in the church, or placing their chairs neared the
pulpit, than on any other occafion. In the government of
Lord Macartney a ferious difpute arofe on this fubjeû, bet ween
the ladies of the Landroft or Chief Magiftrate of the diftriâ,
and of the Minxiler of the parifh ; and memorial was prefented
.after memorial on both fides, dating their mutual claims and
mutual grievances. His Lordfldp, %ling the deiicacy o f inter-
pofing his authority between two’ ladies of fuch high rank, recommended
a eompromife, fiiggefting, in cafe that ihcnald not go
-down, that he would be under tbe.neceflity of adopting the
.. r1, p decifion