140 ANIMATED SCENE. 



waters, small wooded islands stud the ocean, and 

 more distant, land indistinctly appears. The 

 river, or creek, is animated by numerous native 

 boats of all classes, passing and repassing, en- 

 gaged in various occupations, or lying tranquilly 

 at rest, like the sea-bird upon the waters, after 

 its toil is over. 



In the roadstead the commercial prosperity of 

 the settlement is indicated by the large number 

 of ships of all classes, that there repose at 

 anchor upon the bosom of the green waters, 

 conveying merchandize to supply the wants 

 of nations far distant. Flags of various Euro- 

 pean and eastern nations float in the breeze. 

 The peculiar Cochin Chinese, Siamese, and 

 Chinese junks, as well as the Bugis, and other 

 prows, clustered together, animate the waters 

 by their presence, showing to what a state 

 of commercial prosperity this juvenile settle- 

 ment has already attained. Long may it re- 

 main, still increasing, nor have its bright hopes 

 crushed by party spirit or misgovernment, and 

 may it one day cause the tide of civilization to 

 flow over the immense extent of wilderness, in- 

 habited b}'^ savage tribes, known to us only as 

 the Malayan peninsula : such a day will doubt- 

 less appear — civilization, commerce, and reli- 

 gion, liand in hand, will be diffused amongst 



