CHAP, VIIT. 



Residency of Rhio—Descri^iiM of the ishnd tj' Jihiang^ 

 Its riven— lis districis— District of St^hortg^fii popula- 

 tion and plantations-^ tittle Sel/onr^ — ^*opttiatton CfmsiUtr- 

 €d ta hB oner ^heated — Ihtfch pctlicy towards the Chintse 

 ColomsH—Simyo—Otd Sehang — $oii of Stihi^n^ — District 

 of Rotjo — Nearly dtsertsd, on account of the uge of the 

 plan tatwHS— Soil hetkr than that of Stsbong ^District &f 

 £ioonaei Ayer Paimr — Villngcs of tmagmi aud Svnt^fti 

 Ayvr Paivar, unth their p(*pii (fit i^^n andpumuts of the in- 

 kabilants—Vistrict t>f Sungei Dookon—The most Jlourigh- 

 ing of ike whole — Tts ptyputalion— District of Gis$ee — 

 Viihgcs of Gtuef and ^imij-Ling — Soil wry good-^A^ru 

 euUtite and Trade of Rhio—Ajtpearatm ofthfs Gamhier 

 plant — Method of rearing and manuffi^fnring it — TA* 

 Oarnbitir leaves afterwards used as manure /or tkf! pepper 

 plants — Gambier greofl^ adultrrated^ Pepper does not 

 thrive^Soil unfavortittle to catth — Means of subsisience 

 of the lower order $ — Handicrafts of Rhio—Talfie^t of ex* 

 porti and imports-^Strictures upon the Dutvh colaniul po^ 

 Uctj-^Shipping of Rhio— Commerce of Rhio — Causes of the 

 decline of her (rade-~^Prineipalttf tote attributed to her 

 oppressive dut ten — Comparative Table of her JRevenuef said 

 of farms or nonopoiies^ ^x.—Receipts and expenditure— 

 Population of Rhio^X>tBt of titf inhabitants^ No beggars 

 — Crimes and ojfences — Slavery— RcUgmns. cdt/kes — Use- 

 ful timber trees^Mfethod of extracting wood oil — Of 

 render ifig the eocoimut tree productive. 



IN the account of Malacca, I have already de- 

 tailed the maimer of the acquisition of the islands 

 of Rhio and Biiitang by the Dutch, and shall 

 therefore here coniiue myself to a de^scriptioii of 

 these islands and matters of general interest con- 

 nected with them< 



