forest, and whiakinghis aleevchereturneJ home, with as little 

 refict ns rf he hnd been throwing away an old shoe ; consi- 

 dering the coar?e yenretablcs of his native village as sweeter 

 by far than all the delicacies of the south ; after wliich he 

 set to work ^ ploughing with his tongue (i. e, teaching 

 a school) aa before. For it waa a thought of fi! ial piety 

 that uprung up in his hreast, and ihe delights of Snniarang 

 could not hold hijii back " 



PACALONOAN (IJj ^ \% pAK-KA-LON G). 



Pftcalongan is a dietrict to the Eonth-east of Baiavia pa), 

 Eecond in fmportaivcfl only to Saninrang, The Chinese town 

 faces lh& hills^ and borders od the sea ; it consists of a row 

 of dwell ing-hoiiBeSj amounting perhaps to fifty of sixty. To 

 the north and south it is defended by wooden palisades ; the 

 Chinese dwell between these, and commonly call the place 

 Pa-Ohina-an (/^^^ Pat-«he-lan), or Chinese town. 

 The houses are join^ one lo another, with high stories ; to- 

 wards tfie west is the ^ j)^ Kap^pit-ian's residence, to 

 the right of which m a garden, which may be about an acre 

 in extent, beautifully shaded with trees, the colour of whose 

 foliage is very agreeable : in it there ia a pavilion called "the^ 

 ^ §E pavilion of floating clouds j" wher^ the Knp- pit-tan 

 during hia leisure hours amusei himself. To the east of the 

 pavilion, all kinds of flo'vvers and plants are found, which flou- 

 rish in all seasons and never fade; almost equnl to the region 

 of <nch."\ntmenl, A few pacce to the soriih there is a pond, 

 on both banks of wfijch the willows droop, and within which 

 the sporting fishes play ; to the east of the pond there ia an 

 orange grove^ of about half an acrcj and a frame-work covered 

 w ith vinea. To the west of the grirden there is a siri ^ 

 *i-li) or beteUle^if plaiHaiion ■ the two inclosurei? are divided 

 by a wall, with a gate for communication. Befiind the garden 

 there is a cemetery, in which are some scores of cocoanul 

 trees, lall, straight, and free from branches, the trunks of 



