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every tree, and the chorus is always supplied by 

 the numerous varieties of grasshoppers which every- 

 where abound. No one who has not walked in 

 similar jungles, can imagine the noisy concert pro- 

 duced by the loud and shrill voices of so many insects 

 during the whole day, which is increased towards 

 evening by the many lizards, frogs, snakes, &c., so as 

 to be almost deafening. Bees, of different descriptions, 

 are found in the woods in great abundance, and this 

 is the only country of the Archipelago where those 

 little insects are known to be kept in a domestic 

 state. 



Having noticed the productions of the land sufficiently 

 for our purpose, those of the sea and waters claim our 

 attention. The fish of the Archipelago are very nu- 

 merous, and some of them particularly fine. The 

 pomfret, or ' ikan bawal,' two kinds of mullet, and the 

 sole are much esteemed by Europeans. The natives 

 seldom eat their fish in a fresh state, but it is for the 

 most part salted and dried in the sun, and in this 

 state forms an extensive article of trade between the 

 sea coasts and the interior country. Large fishing 

 establishments are found at the mouths of all the 

 principal rivers during the S. W., or fine monsoon ; 

 the fishermen usually leaving them during the N. E., 

 or boisterous monsoon, and returning to the town, 

 where they pursue other avocations until fine weather 

 again brings the shoals of fish to their shores. One 

 kind of fish, the ' ikan trobuk,' is caught in great 

 numbers during this season on the west coast : it is 



