370 CHINESE IN JAVA. 



were not particularly attractive ; the majority 

 were tinged with a dark hue, probably sun-burnt ; 

 few can talk any language but Javanese and 

 Dutch ; so there would be some difficulty for a 

 stranger to judge of their intellectual powers. 

 Bonnets not being fashionable in this country, 

 an excellent view was afforded of their attrac- 

 tions. Some had four horses to their chariots, and 

 a number of black servants perched up behind, 

 according to the wealth or rank of the personage. 

 The Chinese are the principal artificers 

 of the place, the Javanese preferring a military 

 life ; the Chinese are also the cultivators of the 

 plantations and manufacturers of sugar, &c. 

 Many of them may now be seen driving 

 about in their carriages, possessed of great 

 wealth, and owners of large estates, who arrived 

 not many years since, pennyless ; several 

 large estates on the island are also owned by 

 British subjects resident in England, having 

 agents or superintendents here to look after 

 them. 



Flowers, of delicious fragrance, are sold about 

 the streets, to adorn the dark forms of the 

 Javanese females, or lavish their fragrance upon 

 the fairer Batavians, who are extravagantly fond 

 of this article of luxury. 



The animals of Java are very numerous, the 



