resort for both Chinese and foreigners ; the Blrew me 

 at right angles^ and wid« ; whiJe the mariEtons are elegant 

 and beautiful. But Pncalongan ('J^ Lon^), is a rustic vil- 

 lage, without any embelliaJiraenta ; it haa however its natural 

 scenery of high mountains, and mighty rivers ; there, while 

 the evening tun h descending over the hills, and the fisf^er- 

 men arc rowing home and sin^ng res pnsi rely to one an- 

 other, in a pleasing tone, one h girongiy reminded of ihe far- 

 famed ^ '1^30 n river ; the atream of which is neither deep 

 nor shaltoWj wttli water-plan tf spread over the surface^ jusi 

 iilte the acenery of ^ Soo-chow and "ff^ Hang-thow ; the 

 sight of which tends at onee to gratify the eye and delight 

 the mind; but men of iinderBtaDdjng ftlooe can find real plea- 

 sure in FUch scenes. 



BANTAM, Oli?§^5' BAN-TAN. 



Bantam waa formerly called the^ ^ Toe-pOil country j 

 it liea to the west of Batavia(Sl§(^ilW£ Kal-la-pa), and is in- 

 habited by Javanese. The Icrrkory is wide and extensive, 

 while the field a are rich and wel!- watered, Property is abun- 

 dant and the people afliuent. Among its prodticts are vartegaied 

 and 6ne mats, very mucli eateemed by Euroijeans, The 

 Hollanders collect the tevaoues, and hold the lands on the 

 sea-coast in poeseHsion, in order to keep in order the various 

 foreigners J who come and go for purposes of trade. The 

 Javaneae asgembl* from all partft in great numbers ; but they 

 * with their chiefs are very much afraid of the Hoi landers, ho- 

 nouring them very scrupulougly, and not daring to treat them 

 wi ill the least neglect. Their S ultan J^* ^^^-tan) dwells 

 in the interior, and the royal palace where he resides is 

 strong and elegantly adorned. Outside the palace there ia a 

 small for» ; where twelve Hollanderp and lOO native trooiis 

 are stationed, under the name of guards of honour, but really 

 to control the l^fl" Soo-ian. When the Sultan dies, hia 

 sou cannot succeed without an order from the Hollanders. 



