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As to sugar, one may have some notion of the quantity yielded, by a circumstance noticed by Stavorinus in his account. He says that thirteen millions of pounds were manufactured, in 1765, in the province of Jaccatra alone.
The coachman also appears in clothes that are quite plain, or more or less adorned with lace. Stavorinus specifies many instances, which, to some readers, it might be amusing enough to transcribe.
Should a shower of rain fall, he is soon relieved from torment, as it is noticed that any water getting into the wounds speedily induces gangrene and death. Stavorinus saw an execution of this sort, and relates some very affecting particulars. The fortitude of the wretched sufferer was astonishing.
Besides these, there are Malays, and slaves of several other denominations, whose particular characteristics I do not remember. Stavorinus well explains what is here meant. Speaking of the ladies of Batavia, he writes to this effect. In common with most women in India, they have an extreme jealousy of their husbands and female slaves.
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