CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTEE XV. 



SmGAPOEE. 



PAGE 



Variety of Life in Singapore — The Malays — Their Villages — The Klings 

 — Kling Women — Their Occupations — Beligious Ceremonies — 

 Mosque — The Chinese — The Bugis — Residences— Native Streets — 

 Tigers, not mimerous — Fire-Flies — Botanic Gardens — Sensitive 

 Plants — Kling Bird-Catchers — Climate of Singapore— Productions 

 of the Sea Shore— Sharks 242 



CHAPTER XVI. 



CULTIVATION IN SINGAPORE. 



Climate of Singapore — Soil — Nutmeg Planting — Appearance of the Tree 

 — Over-Manuring— The Nutmeg Disease — Its Causes — Ruin of the 

 Planters — Occasional Spontaneous Recovery — Cotton — Coffee — 

 Cinnamon — Sugar-Cane — Gutta-percha — Gamboge — Gambler and 

 Pepper — Fruit Trees — Cocoa-nut — The Cocoa-nut Beetles — Sago 

 Plantations 260 



CHAPTER XVII. 



JOHORE AND THE STRAITS. 



Excursion to Tanjong Putri — Chinese Carnival — The Tumonggong — 

 Sing-songs — Chinese Thespians — Gambling Parties — The Game of 

 "Poh" — Gambling in Singapore and Hong Kong — Mountebank 

 Dentistry — Opium Smoking— Statistics of Consumption — Value of 

 Imports — Chinese Opium — Considerations — Saw Mills — Horsburgh 

 Lighthouse — Coast of Johore — Habits of the Pill- Crab — Ubiquity of 

 Ants 275 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



MANILLA. 



Appearance of the City— Manilla Bay — The Town — Chinese Shops — 

 Aspect of the Mestizas— Dilapidated Condition of City — The Great 

 Earthquake of 1863— Features of the Shocks — Their Effects— Moral 

 Effect on the People — Game-Cocks — The River Pasig — Tobacco 

 Manufacture — Taxes on Commerce — Sea Snakes — Tropical Skies 

 compared with Northern — The Southern Cross — Effects of Clear 

 Atmosphere^Moon-blindness — Case 293 



