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Some account of Savu

these excursions he always carries certain bottles of Rack which he finds of great use in opening the hearts of the Radjas with whoom he is to deal  but notwithstanding the boasted honesty of these people it requires his utmost diligence to keep it from his slaves who notwithstanding all his care often ease him of a great part of it 
[Margin note]  10 years
During the ten years that he has resided on this Island no European but himself has ever been here  
[Margin note]  dutch ship
except at the time of the arrival of the duch ship which had saild about 2 months before we came here  he is indeed distinguishable from the Indians only by his colour   like them he sets upon the ground & chews his Beetle &c. he has been for some years married to an Indian woman of the Island of Timor who keeps his house in the Indian fashion & he excusd himself to us for not asking us to his house  telling us that he was not able to entertain us any other way than the rest of the Indians whoom we saw, he speaks neither german his native Language nor dutch without frequent hesitations & mistakes  on the contrary the Indian language seems to flow

 

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