CHINESE IN JAY A, 



were not particulurly attractive ; the majnrif y 

 were tinf>Ttl with ii dark Imp, ])rf)I)?ihly stoi-fjffnil ; 

 few can talk any language but Javanese and 

 Buli^h l ^ ttee wcmM %e som^ SMimlty for » 

 sirmg&r to of their iiai^'ecfeiial powers. 

 Bluets not being fasliioiiabliv in tliis country, 

 an exctdlcnt view was afturdrd uf their attrac- 

 tions. Some had lour horses to their chariots, and 

 « miirabeaf ljfe<^ sfetvants perched up beliind, 

 aceotdittg^^ ih^ wealth 02* tksak of t1»e peif^c^as^e^ 

 T\w. Chinmb^ 83ft principal artificers 

 oftlie ]}hicc, the Javanese prefi rrin^' n military 

 life ; tlu; Chinese are also the cultivators of tho 

 plantations and manufacturers of sugar^ &e. 

 Many of theia imj mw be; se^ 4riv!ijf 

 aibout in iktit ssmk^^ ^^s^^mmd of ^^reat 



■wealth, and owticrs of larne estates, who arriv t fl 

 not many \('ars siuce, penny loss ; several 

 large estates on the islanil arc also owned by 

 MnMi subject^. t^j&6M k Ei^gkii^ hming 

 $0$^ ^ igiip^nteitdents h^te to look afkr 

 til em. 



Flowers, of delieicjus fraf^rance, are sold aljoiit 

 the streets, to adorn the dark forms of thv 

 Smm^^ t&iSBL'd^^ or laviak ihmr ft&^^&iLm upon 

 flifi fiiirer fistorjan^ who are lextravagantly fond 

 of this article oi' luxury. 

 The animals of Java are very numerous, die 



