the geniij they have a<>werfl all th« year round, with glass 

 windows J and tortotae-sheU bridge* now in the weatern 

 regions iheie are common things, so that il ii not worth while 

 m&kiag any wonder aboui il. 



A fuhthsr account of batavia,* 



Alaa I the wheel of fortune in ever turning, and the fates 

 revolve without ceastttion. It is now seTCral hundred years 

 since the Dutch barbarmna, by artifice^ obtained posaesiion 

 of the soil ofBatavia ; for by rich pfeseota and ewcet words 

 they induced the natives of the country to give them at much 

 ground as could be includ&d within a cow's hide, where they 

 might carry on their trade; and now they have attengthened 

 their cjiadel, and rigidly enforced their severe enactments ; 

 until (.he natives of every island^ far and near, not presuming 

 to resiet, have paid them tribute ; ih^e have they possessed 

 tbemaeivee of a wealthy and powerful kingdom. 



The Javanese are a stapid race, and, eoveting the wealth 

 of EuropeanSj have gradually fallen into their snare ; but who 

 could have calculated on the conquerors proceeding to invent 

 the black fumes of opium, to tempt and delude the natives ; 

 urging them to consume this drug as a luxury, until they 

 became so weak and emaciated, so dispirited and exhauited^ 

 that they could no longer think of regaining their landj nor 

 conceive the idea of revenging their wrongs. The Javaneae, 

 being originally a stupid and ignorant race, were readily over- 

 come by this poisoOj and lost all care for themselven; but 

 we Chinese, of the c«niral flowery land, have also been deluded 

 by them ; for no sooner do we partalce of this eubstance, than 

 we lose all anxieties about our native land^ have no further 

 concern for father or mother, wife or children, and are plunged 

 into unspeakable miaery. 



* This article seetns to have been addftd by anothei: Chinese wiiteri 

 as it alludes to mattera >fhich occurred long aubsequent to our au.- 

 tbor^a visit to Java. 



