CHAP. IX. 



Singapore — Its situation — Appearance from sm-ward — Db- 

 scription of the town—Nem harhor^Canal^Remarkath 

 Sime — Juscription on H nnknmvn — Mmtioned in the Mala^ 

 Amah — Populatim— Trade — Descripimn of Malacca — 

 CAwrcA of the " Visitaiion of our Lady** — Jnwriphon on 

 the l^mbsione of the second bishop of Japan — Tradition 

 of the rkun — Tradition of a subterraneottf pmsage — Descrip- 

 tion of the ttwn—ffouses of Dutch and Chinese^Angta 

 Chinese College — Mission Chapel — Buktt, China— Trade 

 of Malacca — Population — Puh Pinang-^Soil^Peppcr and 

 Spice plantations- — Koads^Gsorgf; Town — Fort Cornwal 

 lis — Public Buildinffs— Scenery— Cmnparative statement of 

 the heights of the hill$—De$criptim of tUm-~ The Great 

 Tree — 7'ke water falls — Chinese water fnills-^ CtiTnatc of 

 Pinang — Province Wellesley — Kedah peak-wind^ f vapors — 

 attd climate — Wei and dry scasmR — Provisions — Land Re- 

 venue system injudicious^Cofnparaiive Table of the trade 

 of the three Settlements. 



IN pursuance of the plan which I have laid 

 dowD in the arrangement of these pages, 1 shall 

 DOW advert to the three Britiish settlements of 

 Singapore, Malacca, and Pinang, first toucliing 

 on the topography of each, and then treating them 

 as one settlement in my further observatious. 

 Tliis course, whilst it leaves me at greater liber- 

 ty to pursue the subject in all its branches, will 

 operate as a check against tautology, which, con- 

 sidering the unity of policy, could hardly other- 

 wise be avoided. 



The town of Singapore, established by Sir 

 Stamford Raffles in 1819. lies in N. Lat T 15* 

 \ and is romantically situated at the head of a 



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