PREFACE. 



fice of elegance, lias been aimed at throughout ; and 

 first impressions are presented as modified by subse- 

 quent observation. 



My sincerest thanks are herein expressed to the 

 liberal gentlemen to whom this volume is dedicated ; 

 to Baron Sloet van de Beele, formerly Governor- 

 General of the Netherlands India ; to Mr. N. A. T. 

 Arriens, formerly Governor of the Moluccas ; to Mr. 

 J. F. R. S. van den Bosche, formerly Governor of the 

 West Coast of Sumatra ; to the many ofiicers of 

 the Netherlands Government, and to the Dutch and 

 American merchants who entertained me with the 

 most cordial hospitality, and aided me in every pos- 

 sible way throughout the East Indian Archipelago. 



Cambridge, Mass., U. P. A., 

 Sept. 1, ISr.S. 



