XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Leave Sydney — Rottenest Island — Colonial prospects — 

 Voyage to Batavia — Prince's Island — The Java coast — An- 

 chor in Batavia roads — The river — Alligators— Streets of 

 Batavia — M. Choulan's tavern— Forests — Java ponies — A 

 veterinary monkey — Public buildings — The traveller's tree 

 — Celebrated Javanese chief — Sketch of his life and ac- 

 tions — Exactions of the Dutch government — The orang- 

 utan — Society in Batavia — Animals of Java — Doves — 

 Dried specimen of the hippocampus . . . 346 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Leave Batavia and anchor off Hoorn Island — Islands about 

 the Bengal Passage — Gingiong roads — Lofty aspect of the 

 land — The coast — The golden mountain — Island of Su- 

 matra — Aspect of the country — The lover's leap — Village 

 of Pedir — Ships of the Acheenese Rajah — Visit to the 

 Rajah — Dense vegetation — Buffalos — Ba Assan trees — 

 Hall of reception — Interview with his Highness— Com- 

 mercial negociations — Curiosity of the natives — The 

 Areka or Betel-nut— Flowering shrubs and plants — Rice- 

 planting — Return to the ship — A prohibition . 375 



CHAPTER XX. 



Visit from the young Rajah— Native weapons— Costume — 

 The " trading minister" and his boy — Inspection of the 

 ship by the natives— Population of the Pedir district — 



