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Excerpt from Since the Beginning: A Tale of an Eastern Land
Places with bamboo fencing. The whole was overgrown with tattered masses of creepers, which showed a faint grayish-green in the tender moonlight. The principal building in the enclosure was of stone, ornamented with fantastic designs in blue plaster, showing that its architect had been a Chinaman. Half a dozen Malay houses built upon supporting piles, and covered with nipah-palm thatch, occupied spaces within the compound. Each building had apparently been con structed with a total disregard for the position occupied by its fellows, so that they presented the appearance of having been tipped out of a bag, and suffered to remain where they chanced to fall. The earth within the enclosure was covered with rank grass, and littered with reddening cocoanut husks, broken crockery, and a profusion of miscellaneous trash. Near the wide gate of the compound, facing the river, a dozen gaily clad youngsters, armed with Iris and spear, squatted on their hams smoking, chewing betel-nut, and gossiping listlessly.
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