THE ISLAND OF JAVA. 201 
birds and the avadavat, are sufficiently beautiful to deserve 
a distinguished place in the class of the animal kingdom to 
which they belong. 
Having thus taken a very superficial view of the most 
striking productions of Java, I shall, in the next chapter, 
attempt to pencil out a few general outlines of the character 
and features of the various nations by which the city of 
Batavia is inhabited. 
