Batavia. Eew of fbese an® natives Europe, but many are
descended from 'Dutch settlers here;; ;and are -educated
with some «rare. The features and datfiaaes o f »their fanes
&re Europeans bntf he complexion, disBracfeer, and mode
\ \ -of life, approach more to those tof the native ‘inhabitants
bfjava. A pale (knguor overspreads the »©Duntenarmea
-and ‘not the least tint of tose is demin any ;-cheek>
While an then own houses, they dress dike: their-*slavesa
with a long w d ‘checkered cotton -gown-^«lescending it®
the ankles, with large wide sleeves. They wear <ho
head dreSs, hut plait their hair, and fasten at with a
silver bodkin on the ctop of ithe head, like the country
girls in fsey&ral cantons of Switzerland^ The heftoirr
of their hair dst almost universally black; they anoint
it with"the oil ©f4he cocoa-nut, and adorn it with chap?
■letsof »flower. When they^go abroad to pay visits, or
to take an airing in their carriages, and particularly
when -they go to their ‘evening parties, ‘they?d»e&s ariagi-
nificently , lin gold and silver -spangled muslin aches,
"with a. profusion o f ijewels in their hair, which, .however,
is Worn without powder. They never attempt to
mold1 or regulate;the shape, by.any fancied idea df elegance,
o r any standard o f (fashion ;rsahd, consequently,
formed a striking contrast .with .such jfewdadies as were
lately (arrived from'Tiolland, who had powdered hair
and :feir complexions; had contracted their waists with
stays, wore .large head ulresses ond (hoops, .and persevere^?
®1 ft&«a®lyreoatfiiofi formgpbaek .-tbeodMrs,
»ffitkvse
sabd asi lifer hiistr6 ss)i^@ a ted r[^® t,h b ir^ fc lh efo feh ^
^dv^rfey^ifeid^rintajcompaiiftnaeritsv.'ta containiatecd
hmt^ardpm©3srise#s^j:pfeppen ;,t©b».f®W $nd*si«fced limfe5
ill. which, | im ahgMfa^rari.) (bfepbupiar tions* andgadei
within a>Jfe3&-Qy^e}di;dM8titate jaansestiiabei^saf a very
pungent t a ^ ’ahdvingeijcfirahuk^iioM^emdnitHopubli«
afl*atobli®a»3'ihe>jli^0Ss§ndi the;
retire l<d free;; themselves fimn / theh-rcostlysbixt incdhvea
pfiow# habitiSt.ani^tum‘,^with0SMrchteBso®i!yv'insaK more
ii^rkiandalpoafe) asfctirte y WhbHi.theytamfscaTcMyrebogni^
sgabje byofeai^eiiSviisTtolgentlemen folfelv/fhehxamplev
ahd iHrowih g hif their henv ymnd foli?rnal;'.dr,es ses-,: app ear
in jwhite jackets,;>sdmsetimes indeedtadwrried /vfith.dial-s
snond biittons.y The elderly(gentletnehi qu^fioheirpe-ig
wigs ifofc nighttoapsii:; Except in ithefeImomem syhhe
members ;.of. thisugco^shiheitt have ; ahyays; coiribined
thhk personal*, gfatihfcatieak with thehastefn policy of
gfrjlrfnffi awe in to vulgar hinds, hythHapfeldiption nf
«^ictEilaridvBdi^te; dastmbtihnfftv iBfesjb ilkh-, for
®«tfenfeev. appear (»broad in (hiAuonr.vekvbtv uflibeiinfeatH
ria,g«k «fredistinffiaiished feyjj^echfiar ornamentSAy-When
mtt feypthersv.the latamust'stop, and pay bfenhge' .to
theiformer,;: Dne-of.th^ gates «^ffhepdty is «opened only.
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