CHAPTER IV. 



SINGAPORE— JAVA— LABUAN. 



SINGAPORE— POORNESS OF SPORT— SHOOT THE ONLY STAG— CHINESE AND 

 TIGERS — AFTER RHINOCEROS— NO SUCCESS— CURIOUS MISTAKE— THE 

 ARGUS PHEASANT— PADDLING MY OWN CANOE— NATIVES SPEARING THE 

 SEER FISH— OBTAIN THREE MONTHS' LEAVE TO VISIT JAVA — TAKEN 

 FOR A SPY— KINDNESS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL— TOO MUCH CARE 

 TAKEN OF ME— OFFICIALS' FEAR OF MY BEING KILLED BY TIGERS AND 

 LITTLE SPORT IN CONSEQUENCE— GREAT QUANTITIES OF GAME OF ALL 

 SORTS— TWO KINDS OF WILD HOG— EXCURSION TO THE EASTERN PART OF 

 THE ISLAND— VISIT THE VOLCANOES, SMEROE AND BROMO— A CHANCE OF A 

 TIGER— SECURE A PEACOCK'S TAIL— MISS A CHANCE AT A LEOPARD— THE 

 BROMO, MARVELLOUS VIEW— THE CRATER AND THE SANDY SEA— THE 

 TENGGER RANGE— THE HILT, PONIES— ERUPTION OF THE KLUTI— TEMPLES OF 

 BLEETA AND SOOKOO— CITY OF SOERAKATA— AUDIENCE WITH THE EMPEROR 

 — TIGER FIGHT— TEMPLE OF BOROBODOO— ADVENTURE WITH A PYTHON — 

 AFTER A RHINOCEROS BY MOONLIGHT— NATIVE MODE OF TAKING GAME- 

 OUT AFTER DEER— MY LAST STAG AND THE QUAGMIRE— THE AXIS DEER — 

 STORY OF A TIGER— LABUAN— AT FIRST SIGHT NOT CHEERFUL— THE PIRATE 

 AND HIS SEVEN HUNDRED MEN — NARROW ESCAPE OF THE BARRACKS FROM 

 FIRE— DENSITY OF THE FOREST— DIFFICULTY OF FINDING ONE'S WAY- 

 ANECDOTE OF THE SEA CAPTAIN— THE BIG BOAR OF LABUAN— CURIOUS 

 BEES' NESTS. 



ingapore with its valleys, plains, grand trees and 

 undulating hills, is very beautiful. In 1846 a 

 great portion of the settlement was covered 

 with jungle so dense that it was almost impenetrable 

 and sport was hopeless. There were some deer, muntjack 

 or barking deer, and wild hog on the island, and we 

 managed after many a blank day, to kill a kw of these. 

 I was fortunate in shooting the only stag of any size that 



