tbe island—in the mean time is despoiled of part o f bisaproperty.__
Ships depart from island of Amsterdam. - p ip a g e 191 Jo 237,
CHAPTER VII.
ENTBANCEjjpTO Tag s f^ IT S OF VIs'fjfcrCTB^ATA
IN THE ISLAND .PI"T AVA^jT51 VIE W jpF THE E^TEEMITY O 1? JTHEISLAND
OF "SHMATR'a! PASSAGE XIIBXM^ THE^ S T ^ A I ^ ^ ^ ^ S a TO
. 1 Off'd' Hindostan separate inAflt<emptiqg to arid
f o t Europe—Symptoms pj^curvy mate their appearance In jtkSAXgblA
-pains taken against ji.^fffjeqpsftiAqipfsjrn entering into the straits
M Sunda.—Different parts of the tafth^ drffiienth produced —Gra-
dations irv%ffi~scSle f rdm m f^Cn a iu ^—sMfilflB'dqnifyfis:^nkqrine
hWslWcWLfShip s ‘‘proct. ul *lo^~ffifeft)afSr'iCt.plion
there—dispatches from VjfmmcisiOneir dl '-Canton,J]faTour-ahl'e\'ibdhef
. views efiphe Embassy—-contents communicated to 'the Dyp. b
merit—entertainment given, dry -‘.Governor. Gen&rUkMbpdy&ifuf Jsap,n
pearame of country immediately ahout^B.aiavia—yetvextremely’ tin-,
bealtby-io-Europeans—saying on the aceasi^Ps^diseas^^o wbicb'1^ ^
ropeans ahipffifect there—statey0 >Bftatmmpbererr-liftleAimmAUm
of tbe beat fit' night—uniformity of temper.aturefavdyxafk^Aepveb,
servation of the'teeth—singular custom ofMavanese W&\mgtyn.d, to
theirs—difficulty of filling employments by, fikbper persons^-rdecessity,
of procuring military recruits from Germany^theirlnti^erahh-^mdib
tion at Batavia—dfence^ awA^miUtafy 'establishment; tbere^fonir
rtierce of that place with China—climate ,nM\ hostile ttoCUmse-seUl&s
—industry arid moderation^pA. the^laiter, - . c a n t r a s t e i n f d l f n t
-and luxurious lives-bf the-Dutch^ who.xeside^'f^pp^-r-hgpkfbe fa tter
spend their-time—manners, dress, and disposition-,.of the,--,DutcM ladies
at Batavia—bow p o w e r jf tbe Dutch maintained.— State of. the native
•y/r-rtjyfifj^nf > rmporf^fbdpxfs'^thexe-}, cMfyfemales—Emperor, of
J./niG females military^qpprd-^other sovereigns in Java—p a ssiom f
Japanese ffe&garipg-^fataleowsiqyeMips^running a rnuck.—Revolt
• Chinese soipl/,%s^ g dm D-‘tcafmfernment-j-mqny cf them
pulp) deajMxffiology, jnqfie- to tbeEyi^mor cf China—remarkable
> 1 p jh T p i■> Impellal Mai st\—Chnusi n Batavia. retain their native
nistpjrjs.—hist ana d in the ilnchation pn-their Mcpstors^and manner
^£fbu nymgMh eirtdeh ddfitfilityg(^^kine^ei:setflers\ at BataviaJ-fDe-,
WjmMnts djfdortugtigzb&ih&BiMaMd retain their -language,but change
th.eir-rdigiomfSj^tbdtkkOf Calmin.-riApMW)-management of the spice
trade\-T^DmeMpfipmM^einU'Un;eg.plant^dgoe^(>fm'd‘)nonfipepper^—
■areea>nUPdi^epSr$bff3‘pidffffGkpritree^Mnngosteen,.andoihenfruits.
—River of Batavia abounding ^^mfdili^-mpetp^itimis kotiorts c f
th^fp^vmepe^toivmdgi tbem-^similarfSpi bhoset'fp tbe Egyptians—
tfiiture nhnu.t. fin i'Mm^ke-sitrdfti oh ofibhedowM^opplation,of Batavia,.
and df§kdidistmopsknq^diti%kkgiUg^ tp -the IDfefkfrrShips sail’from
BalavM\T^M<ffysttUchnipoftl’tan iinknowp. r'fff^eceteityXof furchas-
^ g A e ■©laneneefasjpa&tendpp.^fytyrkldnw^d straits$pj% Sunda, um-
eepectedlypfinipsthdneAtEes-fdcMflhb^ig^some Ifephe gentlemens, sur-
'pfyhbke moutb-offtiiepft^ai-s^dscfiklaip'-^^tucl'ekf sereralpl'aces^rin
-en^^uce<difcbvpA^^f^VMfi0 0 )^ sfM p^ ^ stsi.higM y p r ize d ,
in i&Ma^fidvmeset! fhe-ihod*. of^dHn^\-thp.se§neslfifprD,escfipiti’a<ip 0f
iMa’bayShm*Mweotisi'kffliJava and- ■Swftatm—instmodpf , apparent
cvbilitiation in these peoplffdMp^edibymUotfye-AfRavage inhumanity-^
VWffiSUs remarks- imtbe^sindits/ofSi^cPi^pisiiti to‘Bantam-^-.ent&rtain-
'WSnts ofWMfav:anese—luxurianwfdegetaMondiipf^vgp^Squadron
saitsfdnskbe •straiistef Bancalr-bMoating'islanids.—Mines .of tin in-the
island’^AffiBarna-, Spr-ofitab'SSk^ Dutch%Eds^p Indian Companf.^An-
rivakat Pu l a qc ond n j j f ea s t e rn - . - s i d e .deserufyed-^atituda. and
hiigitlide-mfA.4 islm^asc&rtain^^0pern%ionP-inhSbifanfik—dread
fUbesquadnon—desert their houses-^rleavg OiMter in one-of them fo p