There was also in the village a small mosque, where every Friday the faithful went to pray.
This is probably more remote from Mecca than any other mosque in the world, and marks the farthest eastern extension of the Mahometan religion.

The Chinese here, as elsewhere, showed their superior wealth and civilization by tombstones of solid granite brought from Singapore, with deeply-cut inscriptions, the characters of which are painted in red, blue, and gold.

No people have more respect for the graves of their relations and friends than this strange, ubiquitous, money-getting people.
Soon after we had returned to Dobbo, my Macassar boy, Baderoon, took his wages and left me, because I scolded him for laziness.

He then occupied himself in gambling, and at first had some luck, and bought ornaments, and had plenty of money.

Then his luck turned; he lost everything, borrowed money and lost that, and was obliged to become the slave of his creditor till he had worked out the debt.