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THE TOWK* 



sion is, that commerce can elevate tlic luost 

 ^bmm ttwt uDpiod««!|iir€ flp<^ to a pfece of 

 high hapottm&&t Look at ttte itia^tfi^t 

 private mansions, warehouses, and tlic eisM^t ^ 

 commerce, ^^Irowing the present nn«l iiicreaPiTin^ 

 wealth of this rising settlement. The town is 

 erected upon the banks of a salt^^ter creek, 

 mem ^miMmly tht Singapore tiver : 



one siA& eonlaiKls tEe warehouses, oiHi^ i^te^i 

 8cc. of the m^hants an<l slio]>k copers, as well 

 as the native streets, l>azaars, &c. Opposite to 

 il fe an extensive plain, adorned by several 

 ^l0gaai 3i^e»otte j b^ro&d llie l^mpoitg 



Gttam,* and Malay town, with the residence of 

 the sultan of .lohorc ^ithI liis followers : from Lim 

 the island was purchased by the British govern- 

 ment, for which he still receives the annual pen- 

 wM<ib Iltd hem stlpiilati|4 M i^e tttnev 

 dose to the creek, which has x^^iyed the more 

 dignified appelliitiun of the '* Singapore river/' 

 wharfs extend Irom and oj^posite tn the oHiees 

 and warehouses of the mercliants. Tiie two most 

 ett^Mfire and splendid buildings str& tttose re- 

 tmAj erected by Messrs, Ammtedtig ^4 Gem- 

 mil. The Commercial Square contains Mtme 



* Kampong Glani, near Singapore, has its name derived, 

 it is said, from Kampong, signifying a yiUage, aud Glain* the 

 name of a particujbtr kind of tree. 



