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aliuiiL Hftt'L'ii or sixteen Cliiuese employed, uud 

 they said six or seven pccii1# tmli fa^ uMpgl- 

 fasiuted B one isiy. The |ma^, m mM&d 



19 e3l^pi09*tei! ill Uir*2,c' (jiKiiititiLS tn EiiroiJc, our 

 Tiifli'.ni rin])ir<', tlu' ( 'h|H', iScr. in wnotleii Ixjxos, 

 each containing rather more than a pecul ; ten 

 bt»3C€fB It is sold 



at tw0 and a liall^ ta t]^m doUto the pecul, 

 'which inchides the expense of lioxcs. A piggery 

 is attaclic'd to this sago estaljlishnient, tlio iolia- 

 bitants ol' which must fare very well upon the 

 turner odf liie lag© washings . 



One eireaing, aceempanied by aeveiral gentle- 

 men resitlent in the settlement, I went to pay a 

 visit to tlie rajah of Joliore. During a former 

 visit to this settlement, in 1830, I had an inter- 

 view ydih tMa ^Meaited peonage, of whom at 

 that time I penned tEe MIowuig d^Sddcpi^ 

 ^* Being near tlie village of KampongGlam, I ob- 

 served a ])oor-hjuking bungalow, surmuniled by 

 high walls, exhibiting eliectsof age and climate. 

 Over the large gateway which opened the 

 indji>sure snweunding liiis dwelling were watch- 



t6wers. On uKjuiry, I found this wiis tlie resi- 

 dence <>f tbt' riijah of JnhtU'e, who formerly in- 

 cliuU'd Singapore in his dominions. The island 

 was purchaseil of him by the British government, 

 who ROW allow him an annu^ pensl^. He is 



