504 TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



wliicli also include the stable. It lias lately been 

 built by order of the Dutcli Government for the ac- 

 commodation of any official or other foreigner trav- 

 elling in this country. Before the paling was com- 

 pleted, the controleur of the district visited this 

 place, and put his horse into the stable. At mid- 

 night he heard a loud howling and neighing, and the 

 natives shouting out to each other to come with their 

 arms. A tiger had come out of the adjoining forest, 

 and had sprung upon his horse from behind, and the 

 natives were attacking him ^vith theii' lances. He 

 lost his horse, but had the pri\dlege of carrying away 

 the tiger's skin. Those who complain of the scarcity 

 of game ought to come here. It is not by any means 

 inaccessible, and both tigers and elephants are ex- 

 ceedingly abundant. 



April 2Qth. — At 6| a. m. continued on through a 

 more open and somewhat cultivated country. The 

 Musi here makes a great bend to the southwest, and 

 the path leads eastward over a gently-rising eleva- 

 tion, on the top of which is a large and most 

 thriving coffee-garden, and near by are rice-fields 

 which yield abundantly. This garden has been 

 very lately planted, and yet all the trees that are old 

 enough to bear are nearly loaded down with fruit. 

 The rice-fields show that an abundance of food could 

 be raised here, and the only thing that is wanting is 

 people to do the work. The elevated situation of 

 this country makes it very healthy for foreigners. 

 If any one could obtain a grant of land here, and 

 also the privilege of bringing a large number of 

 Chinamen, he would certainly realize a fortune, for 



