the tribes of foreignefs assemble there ; iruly it is a great 

 emporium. Bui the situation i^ low, and the clitnate sultry, 

 all the four seasoDs being as warm as our summer ; while 

 the hoi wiiida are very opprcaaiTe, and erjH}9ure to them oc^ 

 casiona aickneae. The river water is, however, cooraiid plea- 

 sant, and bathing ill it keeps offdiaease. Their raioy season 

 accorda with our spring, and their dry season with autumn. 

 They gather in only one harvest hi the year, though llie soil 

 is rich and fertile. Ploughing and sowing are easily per- 

 formed, and the price of rice is moderalCj so that the i»eopie 

 are rich and well -fed. But articles of commerce generally 

 come from the neighbouring states, being" conveyed to 

 Balavia for the purpose of traffic, and are iioi ihr, produc- 

 tion of the place itself. The region 9 subject to the govern- 

 ment of ikiavia are Pakalongati ^ Jj^ Poff-kn-Iono), 

 Samarang ^ if| Sum-p:v-livsiir^, Grisaee (i§ Jj ^ 

 Kpet-lek-sek), Surabaya (0 S Jj^ •'^<*o-l>^-ha), Benjarmasin 

 ^^^-s'^'O* Makassar j||ti 0j Rang-kft-aeak). Am- 

 boyna ^ Au-biin), Baiida ]||| BRn-lan), Ternate 

 ^ Baninm(^fi' Bati-lan), Malacca 



^ ^ Mwa-lak-kah)j and so forth, to the amount of se- 

 veral scores. 



The virtuous influenee of our (Ohinese) G jvernment ex- 

 tending far, all the foreigjiers fiave submitted, and thus mer- 

 cantile intercourse is not prohibited. Those who ply the 

 oar and spread the sait, to go abroad, are principally the in- 

 habiiants of the Fokien and Canton [irovinces. who have been 

 in the habit of emigrating, for the space of 40O years; from 

 the early part of tlie ^ Bi^ng dy misty (a. p. l,4t)0) up to the 

 present day, while those of our countrymen who have remain- 

 ed and sojurned in those parts, after propagsting and multi- 

 plying, amoimt to no less than 100,(K10, 



Thtitei i iiory of Batavia originally belonged to the Javanese, 

 but the Dutch, having by stratagem and artifice got poasesKion 

 uf the revenues, proceeded to give orders and enact laws, uu> 



