Verhaal van het vergaan van het jacht de Sperwer by Hendrik Hamel. Page: 235

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. 266-267).

[300] Zie bl. 30, noot 3, al. 2.

[301] "The kang is characteristic of the human dwelling in north-eastern Asia. It is a kind of tubular oven ... It is as though we should make a bedstead of bricks, and put foot-stoves under it. The floor is bricked over, or built of stone over flues, which run from the fireplace, at one end of the house, to the chimney at the other" (Griffis, Corea, 1905, bl. 263).

[302] Welk woord hier wordt bedoeld, is onzeker. In de uitg.-Saagman staat daarvoor: "principaelste", in de uitg.-Stichter is het weggelaten.

[303] Over dit woord zie Hobson-Jobson en De Haan, Priangan, II, bl. 769.

[304] "Hospitality is considered as one of the most sacred duties. It would be a grave and shameful thing to refuse a portion of one's meal with any person, known or unknown, who presents himself at eating-time ... The poor man whose duty calls him to make a journey to a distant place does not need to make elaborate preparations ... At night, instead of going to a hotel with its attendant expense, he enters some house, whose exterior room is open to any comer. There he is sure to find food and lodging for the night" (Griffis, Corea, 1905, bl. 288-289).

[305] Uitg.-Stichter heeft: "quade Regeringe".

[306] "Not the least interesting of the local or national festivals, are those held in memory of the soldiers slain in the service of their country on famous battle-fields. Besides holding annual memorial celebrations at these places, which fire the patriotism of the people, there are temples erected to soothe the spirits of the slain. Especially noteworthy are these monumental edifices, on sites made painful to the national memory by the great Japanese invasion of 1592-97, which keep fresh the scars of war" (Griffis, Corea, 1905, bl. 299).

[307] Uitg.-Saagman: "bijeencomste van de studenten".

[308] In uitg.-Stichter: gordel; uitg.-Saagman heeft: gorles.

[309] molik, vogelverschrikker (Van Dale's Groot Wdb. der Ned. Taal).--"moliks

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