JAVANESE; vmm\ 



350 



it k rare, and not indigeuoitST I understand, to 

 JnviL I rtM-oUt'ct i\rM socnng this tree at the Mau- 

 ritius, and think it was mentioned iis liaving been 

 brought fv&&L Madagascar. The native houses 



hv the luxuriant foliciji'e of Cocoa-nnt, Banana, 

 Jack, and other tropical trees. A neat building 

 we passed, i was informed, was the ''English 

 church," and is under tlte direction of the Rev. 

 Mf V Medliurst* Mer «3s£eiidiiig our didr^ to^ 

 the " KcBiug/' or Kiiig*s Plain/' w i^ttimedto 



our hotel. 



ill the billuird-roorn, I reuuirked a ,l;ivauese 

 of diminutive stature, but stoutly formed, witii 

 a noble intellectual head ; liis manitts^ &ee 

 mA inA&pm&m^, but at tk^mm timepleasmg ; 



he wa> aeef>nai>anied by a youno- lad, (his bro- 

 ther-in-law.) Tins individual turned out to be 

 no other than the celebrated chief Santot, or (as 



at present J&ft0wn % Ms maw^i mtme) All 

 BaSsa ; he was a leader of the r^bdBouft petty 

 during tlie late insurrections, under Diepo 

 Naji'oro, and bs' i>oin(«,' over to the Dutch, was 

 the means of bringing the late Javanese war to 

 a favourable iasm ; d^m l&at tim^ he had M({ 

 tlie rank of colonel m JWdi soafvte, with 

 the eoniniand of eight hundred native troops, 

 anfl had recently been sent on tlie expeditiou to 



