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seems only 10 reflect but to reain the radiance OF
the These birds form OF The most valuable ar.
tices Of export from the Archipelago
Yet these islands. rich in the luxnres yield lew
among the ordinary accessories OF life The surface Of
Ambogna presents few extensive fields Tor agriculture
and the policy of The Datch influencing the spirit OF the
people well reducing their numbers diverted their
industry from ,hs legitimate cultivation OF tho soil to ex-
haust II in The Glove plantations II has also bean
shewdly suggested by Crawford that the Dutch n their
diplomatic craft encouraged the neglect OF this branch OF
industry that the people might depend them for sup
port. and serve them more sedulousy that account
Il was thus. as Washington Irving states in his :" Life
and Voyages Of Columbus" that the Spanards in Amer
ca coerced the rebelious tribes, and subdued them hui
miy by their power The OF food; and from
the character Of the Netherlands system. we may easily
Imagine acting through similar medium. But in the
Moluecas the great staff Of lils spontaneously album
dan which makes up for the deficiency Of rice or corn
is the sage, or Papaa bread sometimes called in
Java Few require TO learn that this is the medullary
pith OF palm. II furnishes the principal food Of the
people, It's delicate flour being baked into cakes thus Of
lerng an ambrosal diet well worthy Of this poe,ca ,sl
p~siso The people live habitualy this light, nu,r
tous substance. given by the omnpotent Creator,
Rumphus the natural historian OF Ambogna, expresses
IT, instead OF grain whence to make bread; and little, in
deed, may We wonder at the neglect Of agriculture
among an ignorant people, when the labor OF Ave men
telling the sage palms, extracting the iarna and pre-
pairing the cakes. will maintain hundred. The mass
Of pith extracted is immense; six hundred pounds
are not unusually afforded by single tree, while
the refuse. after the bread is made, is thrown in
| hpana IN ntrifu dali
springs up and in the piles, as well as in the decayng
WOOD generated grubs Of white color, held in great
estimation among the epcureans of the Eastern islands
Certain wood worms were in the priced by
the ancient Romans and the taste Of the Am bognese has
been shared by Europeans after struggle with peju-
dices, which are indeed mere matters OF custom The
writer had frequent occasion 10 paake Of these erubs,
well Of species Of young bee in the comb. which
he found to be OF most delicate and palaiable favor,
net unlike, when prepared by native cooks, the most de-
lectabls spced oyster-sew Of America.
i Blu, let the inhabitants Of these islands They
of the middle sze made and suited by their moral
and physical characteristics for military duties They
good tempered though mpetuous easily appeased though
quarelsome, and generally very sober Such is the
view OF them which is supported by the long experience
and finished judgment of Hogendorp. in his Coup d Oil
sur Jaua" Other impressions Of them exist. especially
among older travellers. They have been described
bloody yindictye whose enslavemen by the Dutch
at this lime is fortunate They long resisted the Dutch.
and were their implacable enemies the East The
most aocous ferocy in has been practsed against
this race The spirit Of the Dutch savage and the path
oil conquest stained with the deepest dyes. not only
of simple blood, but treachery and crime. Influence
established not through Cancellation but through terror
These islanders in the fret period Of their intercourse
with Europe have entertained better idea Of The
western nations than that they great pirates, who
rovcd all distant inques, Of plumber The English
were regarded a without home, that dwelt per-
peuay on the waves, and engaged in continual
voyage through all The OF the globe. pursuing the
of The 6lbuse Nor did the Portuguese fail
TO deepen The impression le by their earlier Of
snee and injustice And il remains TO be what
will be the influence OF the enlightened commerce OF
America that neither seeks desires any monopoly in
these seas bat that the spice groves Of the Moluccas
well coffee plantations OF Java the coal and pepper
OF Sumara, and the diamonds OF Boneo, and The teas
and silks OF China and japan, shall be open their free
competition along with the OF the commercial world
Shall the Du,ehmao, that dog .manger in the
East, be laugh, make for American enterprise on
those grounds, which he attempts 10 monopolize without
any just right or sufficient power TO maintain
LAXAMANA.