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[Page 509]

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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