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tor the ti'oops ; the sitLuitioii i:? coiisick^red sahi- 

 hrioiis. There is uUo a iiiiv. Iniihliiig' at this 

 phifo, used as the stato-rooius iVtr tlie governor, 

 and sonic part of it for goverumeut ofhces ; op- 



pQaile to thif l>iiildi»gi ixt the amtmnjt ik^ i^quart;, 

 h ajiznail <sokmii enTnttmnted by a Hon, erected 



in eommemoratioii of the battle of Waterloo. J 

 was iniieh ^ratiHed diiriii*i,' the (hive witli tlie 

 neat appoaraucc of the houses, most of which 

 w^*e |um?andl#J by gardens, rendi&r®4bo^l?iil* 

 Hani mi h&gm^. hf ixi^^^ woS AtnhBr 

 gj*y Witi the vivid colouring imparted by their 

 blossoms ; and as evening elosed, the powerfid 

 aud delicions odour of the tube-rose (which 

 the appellatic«a of Inia%ti^ of tte 

 BlgM^^ among ihe Malays) crnmntmieiikd i& m 

 the information that those simple white liliaceous 

 flowers were growing not far distant.* 



In a few of the gardens I remarked that curi- 

 ous, large herfiatwtts plant, called the ** Tta* 



wateJE' guahbag out fifom ^« stem when cut ;) 



* 'Ih'is plajit uiuith its fragrant smell |JOwu'iiullj alkr suiv- 

 wt, lias been oB^ei'v^ h H tsdiif ^sv&cSxtg, «^ 

 thunder, whvn \hv iitinospliL'ru was liighly cliar^cd uiih 

 electric tiukl, to dart small spurkis, or scuitillations oi' lucid 



fjidinij^**--Bf»**i. PWm. JbumnJ^ vol. iti. p» 4i5, 



