PREFACE, 



fice of elegance, has been aimed at tliroiigliout ; and 

 first impressioTis are presented as modified by subse- 

 quent observation. 



My sincerest thanks are herein expressed to the 

 liberal gentlemen to whom this volume is dedicated ; 

 to Baron Sloet van de Beele, formerly Governor- 

 General of the Netherlands India ; to Mr, A. T, 

 Arriens, formerly Governor of the Moluccas ; to Mr. 

 J. F. S. van den Bosche, formerly Governor of the 

 West Coast of Sumati-a; to the many officers of 

 the IliTetherlands Government, and to the Dutch and 

 American merchants who entertained nie with the 

 most cordial hospitality, and aided ine in every pos- 

 sible way throughout the East Indian Archipelago. 



OA^nrniDGE, Mass., U. A., ) 



