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The houses stand beside each other, built in an orderly way, as here in this country, displaying handsome fronts and verandahs and roofed with palm or banana or other kinds of leaves. They are not higher than one storey, but they are usually large with long galleries within, especially the houses of noblemen, and divided into many rooms. The interior walls are of red loam and very pleasantly made. With washing and polishing they are made as smooth and even as any plastered wall in Holland and as shining as a looking‐glass. The floors are made of the same earth. Each house furthermore has a fresh‐water well. In brief there are no houses anywhere in those parts as nicely built as these.