CHAPTER X. 



CONTENTS. 



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 SHIITE MAHOMEDANS— AMUSEMENTS OF THE GENTOOS— BANISHED 

 BRAHMIN— MA HOMEDAN SECTS-CONVICTS — 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 



