HICK SKASON* 



a s])eeies of Scuecioj with n luimber of ntliors, 

 wild ami fiilti%rite(l, sottk^ of which r'xha](Ml fra- 

 grant odours ; and a inidtitude of butterflies and 

 ^ler insects, vieing with one anotliei* in bril- 

 liancy and hdxmmy mimtB, ^ew ak^ttt in 

 apparent enjoyment of tlio fervent trojiica! sun, 

 among the profusion of flowers whieli strt'wi^d 

 the ground. The Jairophci curcas, or Banawa 

 of the nativ^^ms planted, as well as the bamboo, 

 f&t^xm^; TicB'^el6& ^w&te mMettMt but this 

 being the diy season, the fichls wei'e (hy, and 

 the harvest collected, the variety of surrulciit 

 and other phmts that sijruiig aliout tlieui, 

 afibrded excellent feeding for tlie luaiierous 



Bnmg the rid»|r season^ which occurs from 



about November to nearly the termination of 

 the month of February, the phnithiu of riee 

 tiikcs place ; the fields, for the most part dry at 



the p(reiisit fym, then m&^isifn. % tl|e mism 

 i6f hai?^est titoiUy mmm in A^til* 11m 



country, although flat, had a pleasing fertile 

 aspet't, and when the vivid (>Teeii or 

 yellow of the rice plantation was added, its 

 heauiy tnjist h^ftill furtlier increased. 



The rajah, his Mbw^i aiKl tlie ma^hants, 

 appear to be all Moormen, either natives of, or 

 d<5scendattt8 from, tlu'^iv born in lliud.o»tiui. The 



