9 1 ran gel y upon him. When young people see & itranger, they 

 fotnpliment him with & bdw, arn3 when meniala meet their 

 mftBiers, they honour (hem by kneeling ; this ii according 

 to the liberality of human feeling displayed in ancient times, 

 and is truly praiseworthy- The soil ia rich and feriUe, and 

 necessaries are ciieap and easily procured ; a peck of rice can 

 be bought ibr a few caah, fowla and ducks ore cheaper even 

 than vegetables, and for a mere trifle you can obtain an au 

 tendaut j thie \a a cheap state of thingi, and very agreeable. 

 But there are no writiogB of philosophers and poets, where- 

 with to begiifle the lirae; nor any fricods of like mind, to 

 sooihe one'a feeling-s ; no deep caverns or lofty lowers, to 

 which one conld resort fur an excursion ; all which is very 

 nmch to be ]«mcn1ed. Bt:fore I had lived in Batavia a 

 whole year, I removed to Samarang ^ §S Sam pa- 

 ian;r)) afterwards to Pacalongan ^ Pok-ka- 

 loiVj;) ; therefore 1 ara not fully acquainted witfi the manners 

 and inhabitants of the fir^t^naiiied district : I have here only 

 giv«n utteiaac* to a few transifiii thoughts, to assist more 

 intelligent jiersona in their inquiries ; but although my obser- 

 vations are desuUory, and make no pretensions to regular 

 compoaitioD, they may serve to amtise my friends ia a leisure 

 hour. 



aAMAKA^G 55 ill SAM-PA-LAN,'5.) 



Samarang is a district subject to Batavia, but superior 

 to it in appearance. Its territory is more extensive, and ita 

 productions more abundant, Merchant vessels are there 

 collected^ and its commerce ia superior to all ih« places in 

 these south-western regions. Pacaloiigan, (if^ ^ jj^ Pok- 

 ka-long.) and Lfti^sam La-somJ form its ri^ditand 



left wintfs : Utuiami La-jem-n.}). \s if a granary, 



and Tese (Hiijl Tey-se) and Japara )}g ^ Jit-pa*Ia,) 

 conBtitnte its door-ways. The country whith is under its 

 |overnmcni extends to hundreds of miles ; the 6eldf 



