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100 LIFE IN JAVA.

to accommodate the name to their pronunciation. Driving up to the house of Mr. Z ,the Assistant- Resident, ^vllo had so kindly invited us when on board the OenarcuKj, we met with a reception which dehghted us by its warmth and cordiahty.

His house was buiU, in the interior, somewhat after the Pompeian style. Several massive pillars which su})ported the roof divided the hall into a nave and side aisles. Two doors on each side led from this into a large, roofed court, in the centre of which was a small garden of choice flowers, with an opening in the roof to admit light and moisture. Hound this court were the private aj)artments, all lofty, and admirably adapted to a warm climate.

Djokdja, which has a native population of three hundred thousand souls, is laid out very much like Soerakarta, the principal street having the great sanitary ad\antage of rills of clear water running- down botli sides of it.

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