[4] Datoo = a petty chief in Sumatra. [↑]
[5] Natal in Sumatra—not to be confounded with Natal in Africa. [↑]
[6] Pirogue = piragua, a canoe formed of two trees united. [↑]
[9] Pajong = umbrella—distinctive of rank—a golden one being the highest. [↑]
CHAPTER XII.
[CONTINUATION OF STERN’S COMPOSITION.]
“Dear Max,” said Tine, “our dessert is so scanty——would you not——you remember Madam Geoffrin——?”
“Talk to us of something else than pastry? What the deuce! I am hoarse; it is Verbrugge’s turn.”