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water. Without the land-gate is a large plain, on the N. side of which is 

 situated the town, where most of the Europeans reside. The streets cross 

 at right angles, pointing to the four Cardinal points ; most of them are 

 broad, and formed of tolerably good houses ; at the end of one of them stands 

 the orphan-house, which is large, but in a very ruinous state. The Chinese 

 all live in one street. This town is palisadoed all round, and at night closed 

 by gates, where a watch is constantly kept. Without the town, to the S., 

 there is a row of buildings, which bounds it on that side, and where the 

 house of the Governor stands. The Bougi and Malay campons are not far 

 from it; the Canipon Baro, where most of the natives and some Europeans 

 live, is S. of the fort ; there are likewise a few brick houses in it. The envi- 

 rons of Macassar are very pleasant. The plain reaches to the foot of a 

 range of high mountains, extending 8 or 10 miles, and is covered with rice 

 fields and pasture grounds. 



Trade. — The Dutch East India Company imported piece-goods. The 

 other commodities which used to be brought by the commanders of their 

 ships, are anchors and grapnels, brass wire, coarse cutlery, gunpowder, 

 guns and pistols, gold thread, iron in bars, lead, looking glasses, lace, nails, 

 small shot, sugar, steel in faggots, woollens, and watches. 



The Dutch allow a junk to come direct from China ever)' year. The 

 articles imported by her are China-ware, Canton cloth, fireworks, gongs, iron 

 in bars, iron pans, nankeens, silk piece-goods, sugar, sugar-candy, sweetmeats, 

 teas, and a number of small articles for wearing apparel, and other uses 

 Gold, of which immense quantities are procured on the island, and rice, 

 form the chief productions exported. The following articles, which are 

 taken by the annual junk to China, are imported into the settlement by proas 

 from the surrounding countries: — Beech de mer, black-wood, bezoar stones, 

 cloves, cotton wool, clove bark, nutmegs, rattans, rice, sago, tortoise-shell, 

 and wax. 



A particular kind of cotton cloth, called Cambays, is manufactured here, 

 and is an article in great demand in all Malay countries ; it is red, checkered, 

 and mixed with blue, much resembling the Tartan plaid ; some are as fine 

 as cambric. 



Provisions and Refreshments. — The beef here is excellent, and at a 

 reasonable price. Rice, poultry, deer, and wild hogs are plentiful, and fruits 

 of various kinds. Water is generally procured from a small rivulet which 

 runs near the town; but the best is from the wells, and which can be readily 

 shipped off from the pier. Abundance of excellent fish are caught in the 

 roads, and about the islands. 



Corxs. Accounts are kept in rix-dollars and stivers. Spanish dollars 



