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MR. M'CLELLAND. 



strangers, were always treated in the most friendly 

 manner. 



The first time I dined with Mr. Fraser I met Mr. 

 Jeekel the assistant- resident, the naval command- 

 ant, who, with the rank of post captain, is invaria- 

 bly styled Colonel, according to the continental mode 

 of taking the army as the standard of rank, and Mr. 

 M'Clelland, a Scotchman. The latter gentleman 

 has a history not a little singular, and as he has 

 already appeared in print, I may be excused for 

 mentioning it. He is the individual mentioned in 

 .Washington Irving's Astoria, who, on the return of 

 the party overland, left the rest of his comrades and 

 pushed on ahead by himself across the Rocky 

 Mountains. After leaving North America, he went 

 to China, and then came to Java, where, by indus- 

 try, prudence, and energy, he has gradually accu- 

 mulated an ample fortune. He now owns a large 

 ship-yard in Sourabaya, and a foundry near Passa- 

 rouan, at which town he generally resides. Several 

 anecdotes were related illustrative of the Javanese 

 character. They were described, generally, as an 

 excellent race of people, patient, good tempered, and 

 very handy and ingenious. A man who is one day 

 a carpenter, will turn blacksmith the next ; or from 

 a cultivator of the ground, will become a sailor. 

 They are fond also of change, and the Colonel told 

 us a story of a servant of his, who, after living with 

 him for several years as a coachman, begged one 

 day tu be allowed to go on board ship and be a 



