Havelaar went to his office, and remained there till the next morning. [[126]]
[1] Payong = umbrella. A mark of distinction in the East,—a gold one being the highest. [↑]
[2] Sedan-chair (palanquin). [↑]
[4] On Dutch maps of Java it is spelt “Parang-Koodjang.” [↑]
[5] On Dutch maps of Java, “Lampongs,” but on the English maps of Java, “Lampoons.” [↑]
[6] Plantain. In the West Indies they are called bananas. Pisang is the fruit of the pisang or banana-tree. [↑]
[7] The nickname in India for the child of a European and a native—an allusion to the protruding lips: liplap = raglip. [↑]
[8] Where ‘capital’ or ‘metropolis’ is used, it means the chief town of the district. [↑]