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ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



[Java. 



SECTION XXV, 

 JAVA. 



THIS island is separated from that of Sumatra by the Strait of 

 Sunda. The length of this channel on the Sumatra side, from Flat Foint to 

 Hog Point, is about 20 leagues, and on the Java side, from Java Head to 

 Bantam Point, about 25 leagues. There are several islands in the Strait, 

 the principal of ivhich are Hippins, or Prince's Island, and Cracatoa. 



PRINCE'S ISLAND, called by the Malays Pulo Selan, is in the 

 mouth of the Strait, about 2 leagues from Java, and 6 from Sumatra ; its 

 N. end is in latitude 6° 27 S., and longitude 105° 15' E. 5 on its S. E. part 

 is a peak, by which it is known. The common anchorage is on the E. side 

 of the island. There is a boy on the S. YV. side, into which two small 

 rivulets of fresh water empty themselves. There is a town called Samadang, 

 consisting of about 400 houses, divided into two parts by a small river. 

 This island was formerly much frequented by the India ships of many 

 nations, especially the English, who have of late forsaken it, and touch 

 either at North Island, or Anjerie Point. 



Provisions a\*d Refreshments. — Here may be got some excellent 

 turtle, large fowls, small deer, not larger than a rabbit, larger deer, about 

 the size of a sheep; many kinds of fish tolerably cheap. Coco-nuts, 

 plantains, pine-apples, water melons, jncks, and pumpkins, besides yams and 

 many other vegetables are plentiful, and at reasonable rates. The water is 

 procured from a rivulet in a small sandy bay, at the easternmost part of it, 

 where a path is cut through the woods to the place where you fill, about 100 

 yards up, but very convenient for rolling the casks ; but if you fill below, 

 though at low water, it will be brackish. 



CRACATOA. — This island is remarkable for its peak, and is in lati- 

 tude about 6" 9' S., and longitude 105° 25 E. On its N. side is a very 

 convenient watering-place ; about a quarter of a mile from which there is 

 also a Malay town, where supplies, nearly the same as at Prince's Island, are 

 to be procured. Abundance of turtle frequent the shores of this island. 



ANJERIE, or Anjer village, is in latitude 6*3' S., longitude \05° 54' 



