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Title: Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Cabaton, Antoine, b. 1863 Miall, Bernard, 1876-
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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COFFEE PLANTATION, JAVA, WITH BUNGALOW AND FACTORY.
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MAKING A GARDEN IN THE VIRGIN FOREST, JAVA. To face p. i8o EUROPEANS IN JAVA 181 final cold collation, of which few eat very plentifully,owing to the repeated snacks and meals taken duringthe day. The ordinary drink at table is water or tea; at thebeginning of a meal the men take a strong dose of pahit(a bitters), which is as bad as port in its effects on theliver, and is apt to produce dysentery, which the dailyuse of rice prevents or alleviates. When the Dutch colonist entertains—which he doeswith the most sumptuous hospitality—the dishes andwines are European; the wines of the best vintages, andthe dishes perfectly prepared. The Dutch colonist is not obliged, like the Frenchcolonist in Indo-China, to find a Chinese cook ; ^ for theJavanese woman, who is gentle, intelligent, attentive, andassimilative, very quickly learns to act as a cook, achamber-maid, or first-class washerwoman, as she is bynature the most affectionate and attentive of wet-nursesor babus (ayahs). In a house c

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