We often emerged from tlte pathways leadinjj 

 IttutoQg^ ^ Tfnld country, upon ueat cottages, suTr 



by that industrious class of people, the Chinese. 

 A primary object of cultivadoii, I observed, Mas 

 the Gaiubir-shi'ub,* and the pepper- vine : tlie 

 fomei was etttorated and exported to a much 

 gr^t^p extm^ v^M Diiteli^geFveifam^tj by 

 heavy duties, pppliibited its introduction into 

 Java, in order to encourap;e tiie cultivation and 

 exportation of it from tlieir own settlement at 

 Khio. Vegetables of different kinds, the sugar- 



i^* 0m eol^lvat^ fyt Mm mpj^ly of 

 the Skgapcirt imiki^. 



The situations selected by the Chinese in this 

 undulating country, for their farms and planta- 

 tions were upon, or close to the sloping hills ; 



p«rpp«r pilaiit&todSt 4^ tmtwt knd fmvhig too 



swampy. The pepijer hatf<i^t1}E4 commenced, 

 and the vines had the appearance of lieing 

 very productive this season, being covered with 

 a profusioii of clusters of the |jepi>er-berries, 



* Tlie Gambir extract has been seat to Ewglautl to be 

 tfieA tur fl fiMl^aiti for dying, or to bt tfi^ed iri tfie tanning of 

 leather, the extract having been Ibuml to contain a very 

 hrge proportion of tannin. I know not what may have been 

 the muh of the «xperb)A6(tt» 



