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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Dec 19, 1812
Page
4
A fragmentary poetical scene evokes a lively gathering with fiddles and dancing. vivid imagery of dancers, music, tea and sensuous ornament proves the mood, while the speaker ponders order amid joyous chaos, ending as dancers tire and rest.
A narrator recalls meeting a cross legged drunkard marching with a recruiting serjeant bound for the depot. The man laments liquor and gold enslaving him, remorse for leaving his homeland, and the serjeant orders him to move on.
An 1800 account records Lt George Hillier of H M Ship Tigre and Sir Sidney Smith traveling from Jaffa to Jerusalem. They receive passports and guards, visit the Grand Vizier, pass Bedouin danger, reach the Holy City after a night trek, and tour convents, the Church of the Sepulchre, and Mount of Olives with notes on local topography, relics, and hospitality from Franciscan, Armenian, Carmelite, Greek, and Coptic communities.
A fragment notes a water body called the Sea of Sodom or Lake of Sirs bon now near stagnation with a strong odor driving birds away.
A fragment from Batavia dated December 18 1818 notes the brig Mary with Captain Bradley will positively sail on 2h interval. Applies to Mr RAS for action. Great River Steele Gaiam referenced.
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