CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER X. 



VARIETY OF SHIPPING IN THE ROADS— VIEW OF THE TOWN— AMERICAN CONSUL 

 ENTRANCE OF THE RIVER— LANDING— VIEW FROM THE CONSULATE— GREAT VARIETY 

 OF COSTUMES, RACES, RELIGIONS, AND LANGUAGES-POLICE AND MILITARY FORCE- 

 HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE— ITS GOVERNMENT— TREATY OF 1824— 

 POLICY OF HOLLAND — CHEAPNESS OF BUILDING— SOCIETY— ISLAND OF SINGAPORE- 

 TIGERS — BOTANY AND CULTIVATED PLANTS — MODE OF CONVEYANCE — CHINESE 

 INHABITANTS— THEIR GAMBLING— THEIR APPEARANCE AND DRESS— THEIR TEMPLE 

 —THEIR FESTIVAL OF THE NEW YEAR— THEIR THEATRICALS — THEIR FUNERALS- 

 FESTIVAL OF THE SHHTE MAHOMEDANS— AMUSEMENTS OF THE GENTOOS— BANISHED 

 BRAHMIN— MAHOMEDAN SECTS— CON VICTS— MARKET — CURRENCY— TRADES— MALAYS 

 —ARMENIANS— PARSEES— ARABS— CAFFRES-MIXTURE OF RACES— CHINESE CEMETERY 

 — GENTOO BURIAL-PLACE — MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY — AMERICAN MISSIONARIES — 

 PAPUAN SLAVES— MANUSCRIPTS— SHIP OF THE KING OF COCHIN-CHINA — CHINESE 

 JUNKS— TRADE OF SINGAPORE— TAXES— SLAVERY— OPIUM SHOPS— SMALL PROPORTION 

 OF FEMALES IN THE POPULATION— PENINSULA OF MALACCA— ITS GOVERNMENT— ITS 

 RELIGION — MALAY CEREMONIES AT BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND FUNERALS — MALAY 

 SACRIFICES— ANIMALS OF MALAYAN PENINSULA— PROBABLE INFLUENCE OF STEAM 

 ON THE TRADE OF THE EAST— RAVAGES OF THE WHITE ANTS— CLIMATE OF SINGA- 

 PORE—SALE OF FLYING-FISH— DEPARTURE FROM SINGAPORE 391—435 



CHAPTER XI. 



DEPARTURE FROM SINGAPORE— STRAITS OF RHIO-STRAITS OF BANCA — STRAITS OF 

 SUNDA — INDIAN OCEAN — CURRENTS AND METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA OFF THE 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE— ARRIVAL IN TABLE BAY— CAPE TOWN— GOVERNMENT OF THE 

 COLONY— TAXES— BANKING — WINE TRADE— CATTLE— IMPORT TRADE— HOTTENTOTS— 

 CAFFRE TRIBES— VISIT TO CONSTANTIA— ASTRONOMY AND MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS 

 —ASCENT OF TABLE MOUNTAIN — GREEN POINT— LIGHTHOUSE— EXCHANGE— GARDEN 

 OF THE BARON VON LUDWIG— CLIMATE OF THE CAPE— PHENOMENA OF REFRACTION 

 — TENURES OF LAND — DEPARTURE FROM TABLE BAY — VOYAGE TO ST. HELENA- 

 JAMESTOWN — VISIT TO THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON AND LONGWOOD — MAGNETIC 

 OBSERVATORY — PLANTATION-HOUSE — DEPARTURE FROM ST. HELENA — PASSAGE TO 

 THE UNITED STATES— ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK— CONCLUSION 437—481 



