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FURNITURE. 85
;éetîngel of thë'Ærcfow i^hoWfeyPf with'-them denominated, the. Zooeimg. selcéting,
th!e - sè'éo'hd’pasâdong, and the 'third régôl',«within wllichrds the mmdopo, or
■dâlcm. . The mosque formât one’ side âlûn-’Mun.
*’■> The1 furniture ohVthl’,“Houses-‘or hh„tsiof*the lower orders is very simple, Furniture,
andfcünsists^èji? but’ fe’W.' articles. _ Their^bëd,' as i with the ^umatrans, is a
iiheymat.with a riumbe’r of jpillows, haying some party-coloured cloths -generally
extended 1 ôyerfM.ê-head,*ûnrtbie formofha canopy or-valance’; They
Jn®neo-use tables non-chairs, ,but .their meals are brought! on'.'larger brass
lôE^wedde'n waiters^* with smaller fjfeSsels /o f1!brass, qtj clüna-warëhfof the
.diffèrent ■ articles!served up-'FkThfeyJsrfcc.crpssrlegged,''and, in^ common .with
■SjpthèriMahômétans-,' onl^thseThe1 right handiat*: theirciheals. if Thèytusually
take-up théir-frfoocb^betsKeeu’; thetfingex’andàs»th'umh,f^ihd,throw it’into their
-mouth. . S'pdqp^a/ye,lu^dj'9sly 'for liqübts and knives, and Torksfroryiraisely,
ÿé^ttall. '.
.g-srlîm||^p^SweljiS^S:^of']tH^jhigber classes, Tpe particles-'tofr1 furniture are
imore muiher.ousiand .expensive. riBaiseddpeds^ with many pillows; piled'.one
sÉdfotëè ithp mother? (and mats .and, carpets,, are pommoii. in/alL;î.bùt; in the
•EüropeamAepvMGe’s, l^nanyp f .the rbomstof, theio^efs' àrë ! furmishedéwith
.lo.ojting-'glaases,rchaiys;gtables,’.&c.. Most-ofithese'were at first.introduced
fgr i.the. accommodation qfjEuropean, visitors,'bbuf; are now .gradually bb-
leômjng luxuries, in which the chiefs'îaké delight.. .
SKyiiey are partial to illuminations; and; on day^offf|stmty,-f ornament th.e
grounds their dwellin'gsbwithimuch taste and* design, by working
'^n^onng^shodtatof thet edeoathutl-the bâmbu, and various flowers, in festoons
landyQffi^^jpnèriyànGfis.i The .canopy:.or valance, over. the 1 table, bedy -or
Mhei^plapê < spl^qtjgd '■ any, particular, purpose, is univèrsah This canopy
isijgenerally,.of ..chintz, from W esternllndia.! I
In all the' 'provinces unddi^the European government,' tbe-chiefs have
several' roofps>-flttefl;- u p , in th$ European styléjffor tfhë accpmmpd'atioil' of
thejofSpefS; ofcgpÿbïnrnërit, wand nope;-of them,' he’sita.te-to sit-.down, ktjtable
'with, their, visitors, t and join in the ^entertainment.
he .nati.ves o‘f Java are'in general better? clothed than^ those, of-Western Dress.
In^lia.Injnany, provinces qf.the .interior, and in, the. elevated parts < of .the
island, warm plothing is, indispensable. fof»theymo,s^;p^tl clothed .
fr.oiq ^thej^pgqdqcp mÆ the;;’ 4q\\p?i,spi| .‘and. ' lap opr;; but“} ; there i are .parts
of their dreçs which they willingly, dgjiyç frprp foreign. ; countries. • Blue „
cloths .