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Java. 



passed through, a mile of laden boats were waiting, two or 

 three deep, which j^ass through in their turn six at a time. 



A few days afterward I went by steamer to Batavia, where I 

 staid about a week at the chief hotel, while I made arrange- 

 ments for a trip into the interior. The business part of the 

 city is near the harbor, but the hotels and all the residences 

 of the officials and European merchants are in a suburb two 



PORTRAIT OF JAVANESE CHIEF. 



miles off, laid out in wide streets and squares so as to cover 

 a great extent of ground. This is very inconvenient for visit- 

 ors, as the only public conveyances are handsome two-horse 

 carriages, Avhose lowest charge is five guilders (8s. Ad.) for 

 half a day, so that an houi''s business in the morning and a 

 visit in the evening costs 16s. Sd. a day for carriage-hire 

 alone. 



