Al*I*l?AltAKCte OF THE tSTRttllEHRNT. 



till' scttK'iin'iit huri bi'cn toniicd, u very pif- 

 tiiresf]iie aiitl beautiful appearance, vthm «e«n 

 froin tlie ships at laachor in the tmSiB^ md 

 doi's not prove less attractive to the stranger 

 on l;iniliiig' : tlic goveriinioiit hill, \vitii its neat 

 bungalow and Hag-stati', tbnas a prominent fea- 

 ture ill the view ; and iht undulating character 

 of tjws laEfd, witli the tlikHy-tiintii^i^ *50Ua«fo*y 

 in the distaiiee, im|)arts a ^le^it^ ira4#fy.. Who 

 can regard thi^; settliMiient, so very recently 

 established, yet ii»>\v hcconie a place of im- 

 portance by the enterprise of British merchants, 

 (almost to3Kiidied by any asdstose fr^ govern- 

 ment,) without feeling hew just the conchi- 



ing :in estimated area of about two luintlvetl anil seventy 

 stjuarc miles. The latitude of iSingaiJore flag-staff is in 1" 1 7' 



Sin^apoor i.s tk'rivoil from Sing-gali, signiiVinn; to call or 

 touch at, bait, stop by the way, and I'oor, a village, (^^enerally 

 fortified,) a town, ^c. (Marsden^s liC^ay IJicthjiiftrf.) It 



is c-oiisldi'i i'd at tills, island, ur rather at tliis part of the island 

 where the toivn [& now situated, (the name, however, has 

 he&a given 'hy'fi!uroj$eanS ttr tlm whole island,) there was for- 

 merly a villiiyv, iidiahitt'tl prim by fishermen. The 

 MaUysj who traded IVom the eastward to Malacca, and otUei" 



i;h^ pofts td the w^8tward> todcht^d^t ^ts pUc&. Smga 

 also signifies a lion, (kiiouii by name oidy in the Malay 

 ^oimiries,) from which the name of the islaiid has been (na 

 4ou1it erroneously) supposed to lie ^t^riVe^. 



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