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Some account of Batavia

very few ships, & those terribly out of Condition, for they keep no ships even in tolerable repair in India, except those Employd to go to Ceylon & the Coast, which places indeed are generaly taken in the way to or from Europe, as for the Eastern Islands, no ships of any force are employd there, but all the trade carried on in small vessels, many of which are Brigs & Sloops.
[Margin note]  Countrey
The countrey round about Batavia for some miles, is one continued range of Countrey houses & gardens, some of which are very large, & all universaly planted with trees, as thick almost as they can stand by each other, so that the countrey enjoys little benefit of being cleard, the woods standing now, almost as thick, as when they grew there originaly, with only this difference, that one is of usefull, the other was of useless trees, but usefull as these trees are to their respective owners who enjoy their fruits, to the community
 

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