CONI'EINTS. 
Bay and Island — Pepper Bay — Anger Roads and Village — Cap and Button- 
Bantam, or St. Nicholas' Point — Shores of Bantam — Beautiful Prospect — Bantam 
Hill, Bay, Town, and Villages — Traf&c with the Natives — Perilous adventure of 
the Commodore — The Thousand Islands — Burial of the dead — The Potomac 
anchors in Batavia Roads — Beacons in the Strait of Sunda . . . 235 
CHAPTER XV. 
Java and Sumatra once connected — Origin of the name of Java — Size and location 
of the Island — Origin of the inhabitants — Pagans and Idolaters — Java succes- 
sively visited by the Siamese, Arabs, Malays, and Chinese — Arab missionaries — ■ 
Conversion of the inhabitants to the Mahommedan faith — the Portuguese visit 
the Island — The English — The Dutch at Bantam — At Batavia — The English at 
Bantam — Massacre of Amboyna — Dutch oppressions— Massacre of the Chinese 
at Batavia — Americans visit Batavia — Governor Daendel's Administration — An- 
tiquities of Java — Description of the Javans — Their dress — Origin of the kris — 
Character, habits, and manners — Early marriages- — -Frequent divorces — Cookery 
and food — Amusements — ^Useful arts and manufactures- — Houses, furniture, 
employments, agriculture, and commerce- — Go-vernment, literature, &c. . 264 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Bay and City of Batavia — Former Commerce, Wealth, and Magnificence — Unex- 
pected Reverses — Description of the City- — Causes of its Unhealthiness — Im- 
provements by Marshal Daendels — Beauty of the Environs — Villas and Roads — 
Blue Mountains — Village of Buitenzorg — Ruins of Pajajaran — Population of Ba- 
tavia — Number and Condition of the Slaves — Chinese Industry and Festivals — 
Balians, Javans, and other Classes — Dutch Population — Frightful Mortality — 
Health of the City improved— Biographical Sketch of Daendels — European Prov- 
inces of Java — Native Provinces — Total Population — Face and Appearance of the 
Countiy — Mountains, Volcanoes, and Minerals— Rivers, Climate, Soil, and Vege- 
table Productions — The Bohun Upas — Origin of the Fable — Poison made from the 
Sap of jthe Anchar — Animal Productions— Commerce, Revenue, and Political 
State of the Country . . . - 294 
CHAPTER XVn. 
Leaving Batavia — Illness of the Commodore's son — -Once more at Sea — Calms and 
opposing currents — Drag the bottom for shells — Augmentation of the sick-list — 
Heat of the weather — Gaspar Straits— Tardy progress in the China Sea — Har- 
assing duty — Cross the equator — Island: of St. Barbe — Pulo Aor — Sickness and 
death — Terrific thunder-storm — Death of N. K. G. OUver, Esq.— Funeral obse- 
quies — Contribution for his family — Tedious calms, and oppressive heat— Increas- 
ing mortality — Dreary prospects — Cheering sight of a sail — -Speak an English 
bark — ^Mutual interchange of courtesies — A vertical sun — Coast of China — Canton 
Bay — A Chinese pilot — Anchor in Macao Road 323 
CHAPTER XVHI. 
China — Town of Macao — Lintin Island and Bay — Opium Smugglers — The Com- 
modore's Excursion to Canton— Inhabitants of Lintin — Small Feet of the Chinese 
