CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVill. 



Xeave Sydney — Rottenest Islaiitl _ Colonial prospects — 

 Voyage to Batavia — Prince's Island — Tlie Java coast — An- 

 c?hor to Baiavm imik^*tixe viTfidN^ADIg^tors^Streets <3ff 

 Batavia — M. Clioulan's tavern— ForL-st.s —Java jxjnies^ — A 

 veterinary monkey — Public buildings — The traveller's tree 

 — Celebrated Javanese chief— Sketch of his life and ao- 

 tlO£i& — Exactions of the Dutch government — The orang- 

 utan — Society in Batavia — Animals of Java— Doves — 

 Dried specimen of the hippocamjjus . . . 346 



CHAPTEK XIX, 



the Bengal Passage — Gingtong roads — Lofty aspect of the 

 laud — The coast — ^The golden mountain— Island of Su- 

 Tttfttra— As{«ijt ©f the country —The teverV lefep^Tilklsfe 

 of Pedir— Sll%f j&f the Achccncse Rajah — Visit to th© 

 Rajah — Dense vegetation — Buifalos — Ba Assan trees — 

 Hall of reception — Interview with his Highness — Com- 

 QHiretal m§&timmm ^ Cmk^^y the mimm^ Tke 



Areka or Betel-iuit — Flowering shrubs and plants — Rice- 

 planting — lieturn to the ship — A prohibition . 375 



chapt:^e XX, 



Visit from iSm yomg Rajah— ^jSsEtive wcR^oiis— Oo^tame— . 



The '* trading niitjister" and his hoy — Ins[)cction of tJw* 

 ship by the imtives<-Population af the Pedir district*- 



