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The building in which the process takes place is a large shed without walls, its roof being supported upon the trunks of trees. I was indebted to the kindness of the Messrs. Behu and Meyer for a very interesting excursion into the jungle.
I was once more able to give free vent to my feelings in my own native tongue. Madame Behu would not hear of my lodging in an hotel; I was immediately installed as a member of her own amiable family.
We immediately spread out upon the altar some refreshments, which Madame Behu, like a good housewife, had given us; but, instead of imitating the Chinese, and sacrificing them to the gods, we were wicked enough to devour them ravenously ourselves.
On the 3rd of September we ran into the port of Singapore; but it was so late in the evening, that we could not disembark. On the following morning I paid a visit to the firm of Behu and Meyer, to whom I had letters of introduction. Madame Behu was the first German lady I had met since my departure from Hamburgh. I cannot say how delighted I was at forming her acquaintance.
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