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comforts, to be sent daily. A short ramble into the 

 country immediately within the town, enabled me to 

 observe the gardens and farms of the inhabitants, which 

 differ little from those in the neighbourhood of Singapore, 

 the cultivation in general being conducted by a race par- 

 taking, apparently, of the Malay and Chinese. The 

 garden produce of the immediate neighbourhood is chiefly 

 intended for the supply of passing vessels, with which 

 they generally drive a very lucrative trade. Their sup- 

 plies consist chiefly of ducks, fowls, geese, and tropical 

 vegetables. These boats will frequently quit Anjer, and 

 seek a vessel observed in the offing, holding on by her 

 until she either anchors in the roadstead, or passes by. A 

 very fair landing-place has been constructed by running 

 out parallel walls into nine feet water, but still frequent 

 rollers cut off all communication, and at the most quiet 

 moments, care must be observed in evading some of the 

 small curling seas which top at the very moment you 

 fancy yourself safe within the walls, dashing the boat 

 against the inner wall, where you may be left grounded 

 on a ledge of rock, until another friendly wave removes 

 you beyond. 



The Governor, or Resident, having officially requested 

 an opinion as to the most eligible site for a Lighthouse, 

 the following reply was sent. 



H.M.S. ' Samarang ', Anjer, July, 1846. 

 Sir, 



In reply to your letter relative to the position for a Light- 

 house at Anjer, I regret that my slight knowledge of the Straits of 

 Sunda should render me hardly competent to deal as freely with the 

 subject as its importance demands. 



My opinion, however, rests upon two decided positions, viz., the 

 Cap Island, and the Fourth Point. I do not think the light would be 



