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manner of any one present indicating passion or ill-feeling 

 — a very good illustration of the Malayan type of character. 



In a month's collecting at Wonosalem and Djapannan 

 I accumulated ninety-eight species of birds, but a most 

 miserable lot of insects. I then determined to leave East 

 Java and try the more moist and luxuriant districts at the 

 western extremity of the island. I returned to Sourabaya 

 by water, in a roomy boat which brought myself, servants, 

 and baggage at one-fifth the expense it had cost me to 

 come to Modjo-kerto. The river has been rendered 

 navigable by being carefully banked up, but with the usual 

 effect of rendering the adjacent country liable occasionally 

 to severe floods. An immense traffic passes down this 

 river ; and at a lock we passed through, a mile of laden 

 boats were waiting two or three deep, which pass through 

 in their turn six at a time. 



A few days afterwards I went by steamer to Batavia, 

 where I stayed about a week at the chief hotel, while 

 1 made arrangements for a trip into the interior. The 

 business part of the city is near the harbour, but the 

 hotels and all the residences of the officials and European 

 merchants are in a suburb two miles off, laid out in wide 

 streets and squares so as to cover a great extent of ground. 

 This is very inconvenient for visitors, as the only public 

 conveyances are handsome two -horse carriages, whose 

 lowest charge is five guilders (8s. M.) for half a day, so 



