IV CONTENTS. 



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Kediri — Distant mountains — Majoago— Mortality among the horses 

 — Ruins of Majopahit — Arrive at Majokerto — Locks on the Kediri — 

 Return to Sourabaya . . . . .100 



CHAPTER V. 



The citadel and defences of Sourabaya — Visit Gresik and some ancient 

 tombs — Animal of a bivalve shell changed into a bird — Visit to the 

 Sultan of Bankalang — Tiger fight — Dramatic representation— Fever 

 and its effects — Gonung Sari — Islands of recent limestone — Forma- 

 tion of the Delta of the Kediri — Customs common to the Javanese 

 and the South-sea Islanders .... 134 



CHAPTER VI. 



Notes on the Government of Java — Aristocratic constitution of Dutch 

 Chambers produces an arbitrary Colonial Government— Governor- 

 General and Council — Maatschappy (company or factory) strict 

 commercial monopoly — Dutch possessions in the East Indies — 

 Internal government of Java — Division into Residences — Subordinate 

 native and European officers — Per centage on produce — Native . 

 courts of justice — Adjustment of land tax — Other taxes — Forced 

 labour rates — Duties on imports — Europeans in Java — No foreigners 

 allowed to reside — effects of the government system on Europeans — 

 Effects on natives — Chain of citadels— Probable results of a change 

 of system — Note on the sugar cultivation . . . 1G6 



CHAPTER VII. 



Leave Java — Pass the Strait of Bali — Unable to stem the current in 

 the Strait of Lombock — Dirty weather — Enter Alass Strait — Drifted 

 by the current — Land at Segar— Boundary of two descriptions of 

 country — Return to Alass Strait — Land at Pejar — Procure refresh- 

 ments — Civil treatment of the people — Information concerning the 

 Sassacks — Dutch expedition against Bali — Friendly treatment of our 

 boat's crew at Laboajee — See Mount Tumboro — Beautiful view of 

 Lombock Peak . . . . .195 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Islands of Kungalang and Lubeck — Banca — Singapore — Malacca — 

 Pleasant aspect — Good character of People — Tin Mines — Boukit 

 Timah — Geological observations in Malacca and Singapore — Strait 

 of Sunda — Anjer — Geological sketch of the Indian Archipelago — 

 Concluding observations on the character and capabilities of the 

 Malay nations . . . . . .213 



