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trvvt^ tbiiiid, on a nciu'cr viuw, to be curious 

 in their growth, and some of them valuable for 

 tlieir timbei ; m ihdt elevated SBinmits, ferns 

 4|f tlic genera Achrostkum , Aspkniimt ^^'9 or 

 s('vc>r;il parasitical OrcktdeOUS pklStS, ftte Se6a 

 [►'rowing in protiisiou. 

 The settlement mi island of Siugapore U 



4Jver, to lately been couimittiug grfeatand deadly 



r;iv;i<j;vs ninong; the native residents ; of these, 

 howt'Vi'iv. tliere were none upon whom vacciiiatiou 

 Ijad bcuu performed. Many have been sur- 



m a 



sid^ttca^ wlien it is so neat tl^ eqm^^ aud the 



town suri'ounilL'd l)y swain ps, and even huilt 

 npnu a swamp ; hut 1 have had occasion to re- 

 ujark more tliau once, thut when the swain]JS va- 

 suit Ihiin salt-water m$Hi ftf t^mata pro- 

 (iucixig fevi^ Ki^ genmted, as ffim fresh- 

 witter marshes, which nsually abound in n very 

 j>ro!Vise and rank veg-etation ; and Singapore 

 muy be said to be entirely destitute of rivers, 

 the absez^e wBoh^ liawever, as mtap^tmii^ 

 hy msmQtmi& mLt-vfU&t ^boiit the e&sxB^ 

 suuie of them extending inland for tin; distance 

 iiiili s There Is nci dcfici<'U{*v, lif>\v- 

 *'ver, (d' }j;tHid ri'e>h water, wliieh is procured 

 fnm iivitlHii imi s^piingi** sit)tw<i«ttt mhmi the 



