THE GROVE BY MOONLIGHT. 355 



Tuma negri, a public-house for any officer who chances 

 to come to that place. This house is said to be 

 far better even than any of the same kind in Java. 

 It stands at the end of a long, beautifully-shaded 

 avenue. The road is bordered with a narrow band 

 of grass, neatly clipped, and the sidewalks are of a 

 white earth, which has been brought from some dis- 

 tance. A fine grove surrounds the house, and here 

 are many casuarina or cassowary-trees, the long, 

 needle -like leaves of which closely resemble the 

 downy plumage of that strange bird. This evening, 

 as the full moon shines through the foliage, the 

 whole grove is transformed into an enchanted place. 



