CHAPTER IV. 
SINGArORE—JAVA^LABUAN. 
SINGAPORK— POORNESS OF SPORT— SHOOT THE OXLV STAG— CHINESE AND 
TIGERS AFTER RHINOCEROS— NO SUCCESS— CURIOUS MISTAKE— THE 
ARGUS PHEASANT— PADDLING MY OWN CANOE— NATIVES SPEARING THE 
SEER FISH— OBTAIN THREE MONTHS' LEAVE TO VISIT JAVA — TAKEN 
FOR A SPY— KINDNESS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL —TOO MUCH CAKE 
TAKEN OF ME— OFFICIALS' FEAR OF MV BEING KILLED BV TIGERS AND 
LHTLE SPORT IN CONSEQUENCE— GREAT QUANTITIES OF GAME OF ALL 
SORTS— TWO KINDS OF WILD HOG— EXCURSION TO THE EASTERN PART OF 
THE ISLAND— VISIT THE VOLCANOES, SMEKOE AND BROMO— A CHANCE OF A 
TIGER— SECURE A PEACOCK'S TAIL— MISS A CHANCE AT A LEOPARD— THE 
BROMO, MARVELLOUS VIEW— THE GRATER AND THE SANDV SEA— THE 
TENGGER RANGE— THE HILL PONIES— ERUPTION OF THE KLUTI— TEMPLES OF 
BLEETA AND SOOKOO— CITV OF SOERAK AT A— AUDIENCE WITH THE EMPEROR 
—TIGER FIGHT—TEW PLE OF BOROHODOO—ADVENTURE WITH A PYTHON— 
AFi'ER A RHINOCEROS BY MOONLIGHT— NATIVE MODE OF TAKING GAME- 
OUT AFTER DEER— MV LAST STAG AND THE QUAGMIRE— THE AXIS DEER— 
S'l'ORV OF A TIGER— LABUAN- AT FIRST SIGHT NOT CHEERFUL— THE PIRATE 
AND HLS SEVEN HUNDRED MEN— NARROW ESCAPE OF THE BARRACKS FROM 
FIRE—DENSITY OF THE FOREST— Dl FF I CU LTV OF FINDING ONE'S WAV- 
ANECDOTE OF THE SEA CAPTAIN— THE BIG BOAR OF LABUAN— CURIOUS 
BEES' NES'1"S» 
I NG A PORE With its valleys, plains, grand trees and 
undulating hills, is very beautiful. In 1S46 a 
great portion of the settlement was covered 
with jungle so dense that it was almost impenetrable 
and sport was hopeless. There were some deer, muntjack 
or barking deer, and wild hog on the island, and we 
managed after many a blank day, to kill a few of these, 
I was fortunate in shooting the only stag of any size that 
