The Floor Is Of Stucco, And The Ceilings Are Like The
Walls.
The house is forty feet square, consists of four rooms, a
hall, and two verandahs, and is surrounded by a wilderness of
fruit trees.
A deep well supplied me with pure cold water, a
great luxury in this climate. Five minutes' walk down the road
brought me to the market and the beach, while in the opposite
direction there were no more European houses between me and the
mountain. In this house I spent many happy days. Returning to it
after a three or four months' absence in some uncivilized region,
I enjoyed the unwonted luxuries of milk and fresh bread, and
regular supplies of fish and eggs, meat and vegetables, which
were often sorely needed to restore my health and energy. I had
ample space and convenience or unpacking, sorting, and arranging
my treasures, and I had delightful walks in the suburbs of the
town, or up the lower slopes of the mountain, when I desired a
little exercise, or had time for collecting.
The lower part of the mountain, behind the town of Ternate, is
almost entirely covered with a forest of fruit trees, and during
the season hundreds of men and women, boys and girls, go up every
day to bring down the ripe fruit. Durians and Mangoes, two of the
very finest tropical fruits, are in greater abundance at Ternate
than I have ever seen them, and some of the latter are of a
quality not inferior to any in the world.
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