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CHAPTER X, 



Excursion IMief^ Matd — l^eme Swfest— An extensive 



swamp — Parasitjial ]^bnts — Fungi— Tlic pitclicr plant — 

 Return to Sin^s^ciiigi' — ^The wild Pine-apple — Use of that 

 l)laat— MtiMifectory of l*6ari Sago— Visit to the Rajah of 

 Johorc— Interview with his Highness — Excursion to St. 

 John's Islimtl— Pulo Panjang— Impenetrable jungle— New 

 Harbour — Agar-agar. 



AFtm bmk&st we continued mi mmmim 

 much fiirtjiep inland, passing- tlirougli several ex- 

 tensive cleared spots, embellished by Gaiiil>ii' and 

 Pepper plantations ; the residence of the pro- 

 prietor, or a Gambir boilings-house, appeared 

 nxni^t a iMdkel plantdn, jaek, and (Sthat 

 ^Gim* T%& grounds near the residenees of the 

 planters were decorated by the crimson flowers 

 of the Mibiscus rosa chimms,* the simple but 



* The Malays at Singapore, in ttoe of EtirOjjeans, 



ol'tcn use tliL" Howcrs of this shrub for dte^iliaing shoes, by 

 rubbhig thoni witlt the petals of the flowers^ wrhtch coutaiu a 

 quantity of purpliah bhick iistiingent jiitdt* AfUsf rubbing 



