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its pretty village, aud to the left of this the dark, 

 smoking volcano ; and beyond both, on the right, Ba- 

 nana Island, where the lepers live in solitary banish- 

 ment ; and still farther seaward. Ship Rock, with the 

 swell chafing its abrupt sides, while, on our left, in 

 tlie distance, were Pulo Ai and Pulo Run, all rising 

 out of the blue sea, which was only rufEed here and 

 there by light breezes or flecked by shadows of the 

 fleecy clouds that slowly crossed the sky. 



The next day we again went over to Lontar, and 

 followed along the naiTow band of low land between 

 the base of the old crater-wall and the bay, visiting 

 a number of the residences of the " Perkenniers," as 

 the proprietors of the parks are styled. Each of 

 these consisted of a rectano-ular area of a eio;hth or a 

 quarter of an acre, enclosed by a high wall. The 

 side next the sea is formed by the park-keeper's 

 Iiouse, and on the other three sides of the great open 

 yard are rows of store-houses, and the houses of the 

 natives who work on that plantation. Near the 

 place where we landed was a small area where all 

 the mace is luliite when the fruit is ripe and not red. 

 From the west end of the island we followecj most of 

 the distance round its outer shore, and then crossed 

 to our landing. In the early morning, while we were 

 leaving on our excursion, preparations were made in 

 Fort Nassau for the execution of the Javanese we 

 liad brought the day before from Amboina, whither 

 lie had been taken to be tried for his capital crime. 

 Long lines of natives, most of them women, were 

 seen hun'ying along to witness the shocking sight, 

 apparently with exactly the same feelings they wouh 



