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 IM- 

 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— MAHOMEDAN SECTS-CONVICTS— MARKET— CURRENCY— TRADES-MALAYS— 

 ARMENIAN8-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 PROPOR- 

 TION OF FEMALES IN THE POPULATION — PENINSULA OF MALACCA — ITS GOVERN- 

 MENT—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 SING\PORE-SALE OF FLYING-FISH— DEPARTURE FROM SINGAPORE. 



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