that of ihe Dutcli, ii miicli superior. For firing ofT these 

 bombfl they make use of brazen mortars. According to the 

 meaauTe of each morlar, in length and circumference, 90 is ku 

 capacity for carrying far or near [ for this there k a fiied cal- 

 culation, SyppoBCj for inatance, the enemy's camp were at a 

 certain distance, they would measure it by the quadrant, and 

 survey it by the teleacope, when they elevate their mortar and 

 exactly hit the spot, witheut erring a foot or an inch ; but the 

 morlar must be i>oint«d upwards, in the direction of the epot, 

 and then the ball will descend^ booming and rolling all 

 h\on^. Became the fhot comes down from the sky, llieB6 

 bombs are CAlled ^ sky-tocketf . 



^ HJ THE OilMlNG-TABLE. 



ThiSj at Batavia, U under the superintendence of the Cap- 

 lain China, who pays a yearly tribute to the Dutch, amount- 

 ing to one tenth of the stakes ; every day plays are performed 

 before the faming-houBe, • the whole year withoul intermit- 

 »kn, by which means gameeters are collected in crowds. 

 On the lamps that arc suspended befoie the gambling-houae 

 }e writtenj in laige chaTftctera, |^ iiatiooal impost;" 

 whititon the curtaic? rh&t i^ Inms. 11 r> round the gaming-ta- 

 ble is inscribed, " ^ ~P ^ jW SS "HI of all the 

 pleawurcs in fhe world, there is nothing like gambling," or 

 " ^ liruc pleasure is to be found here." There 

 are a certain number of per^on^ who go round 10 inspect the 

 garni ng'Lablcs^ in order to see that nothing escapes the net ; 

 and even pn rents and elder brethren, when they come into 

 p«ch a place, are not allowed to control their children or 

 jMniorg. Should the inapectora hear of their attempting it, 

 they immediately aeise such superior reJativeg, and lake 



* For this purpose J the CaptaiD China and some of the rich men 

 purchase antl train a number of slave i^irls, who are taught by musi- 

 cians from }fl CheAng^chew or 3^ jf| Chwan-chew, (in China), 

 in order to make profit thereby. They speak the naandarin dialect, 

 with ^phich they confusedly mix the brogue of the southern reurions ; 

 the dresses and the musiual inatrumcnti are all brought from China. 



