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UATAVIA* 



The following day we passed Up 1^&ithm\ by 

 file l)oat 1kmii<>' tracked : (the current runniiin- 

 down at a rapid rate, j)rev('uting boats l>eing 

 pulled against it ;) on each side an extensive 

 wooden jetty -wm et^t^^ a gtseat ^ortioii 

 of which was now completed J it extended to 

 the bar at the river's entrance, witli a lireak- 

 water in front, lla^■in<i' a passage on each .side 

 for l)nats. The expense of the construction of 

 this jetty is paid by a duty of five per cent,, bemg 

 Imed^pon the amount of duties on all imported 

 g'oods. A niindicr of native convicts were em- 

 ployed in driving ]>iles, to complete this very 

 useful undertaking. 



vm. w&mlmA, MismUe houses HnM €kt 



on either side ; cocQia-nut palms, and other trees, 

 including the Thespema populnea, were ]danted 

 about the dwellings ; masses of filthy dead and 

 putsld lKidm 0f dogs, hogs, aa^ otlierjattijinals, 

 float iimii ^ ji^r; itiapedinf tike boa^ in 

 their passage : these carcases serve to feed the 

 numerous alligators (Buaya of tln^ Javanese) 

 which infest the river iu grear niimljers, but are 

 1is^$I in removing the putrefying substances, 

 "wHIclt imml6 o^thcrwiae be destructive to lidalth 

 in this sultry climate. 



The alligators arc held sucr^d by the Javanese, 



