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CHAPTER VIL 



The Jesuits' church and college of San Jose— The gardens — 

 Sail from^acao for Singapore — ^PiassPedfoBfaiico— ifeJand 

 oi' Singai>ore — The tovi ii— Treaty for the cei'SiioJi of the 

 island to tlic liritish — Jlills — Sahibrity of tlie settlement — 

 Eui'opean burial-grouutl — Vicinity of the settlement — 

 GsTenimient liill — Grand prospect^Coixanercia] prosperity 

 — New roads* 



1 VISITED also tlic jc'siiits cluii'ch and colli of 

 San Jose. Ou entering tlie gate a high fliglit 

 of grsgoit^ steps le^di up to th?e ohtiireh ; and, 

 turitiiig off to the lAght, on gaimng th^ ssQm% 

 takes the visitor to tlie door, which leads him 

 into thost' ])(>rtinns of the hinldinii' devoted to 

 the eoUege iT^iiih/nrrs of the ]n-oh'Ssor<, .S;c. : in 

 ii long room were some small bnt well-exeented 

 painlings 0f Portugu^^ famai in ds^s of yore. 

 Am6ng others ttie fo&k Cm^m^i md Alvares, 

 the discoverer of the Brazils, conhl he recog- 

 nized. The college was fouaded for a certain 



