IS 
MALACCA. 
be hired from place to place, making travelling comparatively easy. Malacca is well known 
for its Snipe-shooting; but to me there was not much pleasure in trying to balance myself 
on the narrow banks that divide the rice-fields into small spaces of from a few yards to 
several acres in extent, and occasionally slipping into the filthy black mud up to one’s 
ankle or knee, besides the broiling sun, which- makes these, the favourite haunts of 
the Snipe, stink with foul exudations, and they are in every way productive of malarial 
fever. Before closing this chapter, I feel it my pleasurable duty to express my thanks to 
Mr. Dudley Hervey for the many kindnesses shown to me during my visit. 
SAMBAS DYAK SWOED. 
