TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM DUTCH EDITION. 1: 



Sixteenth Ciiaptek. 

 Description of Batavia ; its buildiugs, cauals, streets, the Fort, 

 also the Churches. The Suburb. Its cauals, gardi^ns, aud 

 Houses of BamJioo. Where the Ants live. The Road of 

 Batavia, and its fine prospect. Abundance of rice. Fertility 

 of Vineyards. What is the most usual drink. Of the Betel 

 and nuts of the A rcca. Of Manrjag. Tame and wild Oxen. 

 Cliinese pigs. Of the birds, wild beasts and especially of 

 the Crocodile. Of the Snakes. Remarkable Ape. Curious 

 Lizard ....... 220-236 



Seventeenth Chaptei!. 



The Author describes the inhabitants of Batavia and what nations 

 are represented there. Further account of the Government. 

 Magnificence and splendour of the General and his wife. 

 Wealth of the Inhabitants, and especially of the Chinese. 

 What taxes they pay the Company. Proverbs or Sentences 

 from the Golden Book of Iloangtl-Xao, one of the Ixxii best 

 disciples of the wise King Con/ncins. How the Chinese eat. 

 Their dress. Splendour and ceremony at their weddings. 

 Their Carnival of six weeks, and what they do. Water-feast. 

 Burial of their dead. Pagodes or Temples and their service. 

 Of the native Javans and their deadly weapon. How they run 

 amuk and the damage they cause. Of the Javan women ; 

 their amorous ways, dress, etc. Errors of Vertomaunns about 

 the Smaraffd found by Tavernicr .... 236-270 



Eighteenth Chapter. 



Departure from Batavia. Learn on the voyage the conclusion of 

 the peace of Rijsirijkse. Their joy thereat. Arrival at the 

 Cape. Expect a storm, which comes to pass. Description of 

 the Cape. Robben Island and wherefore so named. The 

 Fort. The village itself. The Company's Gardens. The 

 Governor's house. The Colony named Drakcsteyn. Of the 

 fields aud vineyards. What animals are found there, especially 

 of the Rhinoceros. Of the birds. Of the oxen. How men 

 trap the lions. Prices of the cows, meat, tobacco, soap, and 

 brandy- wine. Of the Hottentots. They sell all their cattle 

 to the Company and at what price. The knowledge they have 

 of medicinal herbs and how they use them. Their courtship. 

 The religion of the negroes at the Cape . . . 270-298 



