NOISY POPULATION. 423 



victs, or men who, to escape punishment in Holland, 

 have volunteered for the service in Java. Their 

 officers are either Europeans or half-castes. They 

 have about 2,000 infantry, besides artillery and 

 cavalry, in Sourabaya. 



Nor is this mixed population by any means a 

 silent one : the songs and cries of the boatmen on 

 the river are mingled with the cries of the pedlars 

 ashore, each of whom proclaims his wares aloud, as 

 did formerly the street traders of London, while a 

 perfect Babel of tongues and languages may be 

 heard in the various conversations going on 

 around. 



END OF VOL. I. 



G. NORMAN, PRINTER, MAIDEN LANE, COVENT OARDEN. 



