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405. Octr. Batavia besides this we were to pay for our Servants [1/2?] a rupee 1/3 a day each
for these rates, which we soon found to be more than double the common charges of Boarding & lodging in the town we were furnishd with a Table which under the appearance of Magnificence was wretchedly coverd indeed Our dinners & suppers consisted of one course Each the one of fifteen the other of thirteen dishes of which when you came to examine seldom less than 9 or 10 were of Bad Poultrey roasted boild fryd stewd &c.&c. & so little concience had they in serving up dishes over & over again that I have seen the same identical roasted Duck appear upon table 3 times as a roasted duck before he found his way into the fricassee from whence he was again to Pass into forcemeat
This treatment however was not without remedy we found that it was the constant
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