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the interior of the island -Botanical productions — Chinese 

 farms and plantations — Pepper harvest —Plantain-trees — 

 Gambir plantations — Boiling houses — Cultivation and pre- 

 paration of Gambir — Dense vegetation of the Jungles — 

 Establishment of a Chinese-planter . . 174 



CHAPTER X. 



Excursion further inland — Dense forest — An extensive 

 swamp — Parasitical plants — Fungi — The pitcher plant — 

 Return to Singapore — The wild pine-apple — Use of that 

 plant — Manufactory of pearl sago —Visit to the Rajah of 

 Johore — Interview with his Highness — Excursion to St. 

 John's Island — Pulo Panjang — Impenetrable jungle — New 

 Harbour — Agar-agar. . . . 202 



CHAPTER XL 



Sail.for England — Crowned Pigeons— Straits of Dryan — Banca 

 Straits — Zutphen Islands — Escape and re-capture of a 

 crowned pigeon — Death of one of those birds — Dissection 

 — Pass the Cape of Good Hope — Fine weather — The 

 trumpet weed — Volcanic rocks — St. Helena — Buttermilk 

 Point— James's Town — Ficus Religiosa — Over-population 

 of James's Town — Visit to the late residence of Na- 

 poleon .... 228 



CHAPTER Xn. 



Tomb of Napoleon — The willows — Contrasted feelings of the 

 French and English visitors to Buonaparte's grave— Fish — 

 Sail from St. Helena — Island of Ascension — Frigate birds 



