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it is rare, and not indigenous, I understand, to 

 Java. I recollect first seeing this tree at the Mau- 

 ritius, and think it was mentioned as having been 

 brought from Madagascar. The native houses 

 in the vicinity of Batavia are almost concealed 

 by the luxuriant foliage of Cocoa-nut, Banana, 

 Jack, and other tropical trees. A neat building 

 we passed, I was informed, was the "English 

 church," and is under the direction of the Rev. 

 Mr. Medhurst. After extending our drive round 

 the " Koenig," or King's Plain," we returned to 

 our hotel. 



In the billiard-room, I remarked a Javanese 

 of diminutive stature, but stoutly formed, with 

 a noble intellectual head ; his manner was free 

 and independent, but at the same time pleasing ; 

 he was accompanied by a young lad, (his bro- 

 ther-in-law.) This individual turned out to be 

 no other than the celebrated chief Santot, or (as 

 at pvesent known by his assumed name) Ali 

 Bassa ; he was a leader of the rebellious party 

 during the late insurrections, under Diepo 

 Nagoro, and by going over to the Dutch, was 

 the means of bringing the late Javanese war to 

 a favourable issue ; since that time he has held 

 the rank of colonel in the Dutch service, with 

 the command of eight hundred native troops, 

 and had recently been sent on the expedition to 



