aftes. Java is divided into ‘fh¥ee or four principalities, the chief being
,tb% erftpfefor 6f Surikafta. Near 'Cheribofl, are fplendid tomb and
.tnbUk, tanked am’ohg the riioft magnificent antiquities of the eaft.
Thunherg mentions ffeveral volcanoes, one of which had overwhelmed
•with dkes a gfeat'htfrriBerbf coffee plantations. • IJis journey fo the
anterior mountains is intereftmg to the hotanift; hut the thicknefs of the
-for^fts appears to have prevented him from any general views of the
ifland which might be fervieeable to geography. The produ&s refepi-
'We thofe of Sumatra; add the exiftence of the poifonous tree, which
has Applied Dr. Darwin with a highly ffoetfcal- defcriptidn, appeals to
,to be completely confuted. ,
The fmall ifle of Madura, on the N, of Java, had its independent
•prince, whofe fufferings under the tyranny of the Dutch have been re-
; «gated by Mr. Pennant.6 The Dutch phlegm feems to have led them
*p greater cruelties than the fanaticifm of the Portuguefe or Spaniards ;
and our ingenious naturalift has obferved, that: « phlegmatic conflitu-
tions never feel for the fufferings of others, their callofky. is incorrigible
; warm tempers may do wrong, but they foon return to their native
•milkinefs.” It is to be j e t t e d that the Englifti had nut retained for
fome years the poffeffion o f the Dutch fettlements, to convince the Batavians,
by example, that conquefts -may be better maintained by lenity,
than by fordid cruelty. The ifle of B a l l ! feems only remarkable for
furnifliing flaves, cotton yarn, and pickled pork.7 Of L o m b o k , Sjjm-
©a v a , and F l o r e z , little is known. T im o r was difeovered hi 1 ^ 2
by the companions, of MagaMiaens, who found in i t alone the white
feudal wood/ The Tortuguefe, after a long fttuggle, effeaei a iettle-
ment; hut were expelled by the Dutch in 1613, whq regard this.ifle
as a kind of barrier of the fpice trade. Timor is near $200 piles ip
length by 60 in breadth; and the inhabitants are efteemed the braveft
in the oriental archipelago.
« Outline»,hr. 31. ' See, ib. 28, the maffacre of »2,000 Clunefc in i 74°- -
■* See Foreft, 170. ' .
* Premier Voyage autour du Monde par Pigafetta. Pjtri», an 9. V-i l 2> J ,4 -
ih B or-
II. Borneo, .'
; ThIs JQandis reputed M largeft in the world ; and even after recent Boasto,
h rivals Europe in fize,. ^ tK ^ ^ J ^ S ^ > e f f e g a f ( l e d as a continent.
Borneo feemVdl'early to Be‘ IheW la fe r Ja va^V fra llc fic jlo , which Be
fa^svis 3PVniHes in length,
af itstreateft breadth. TM ffat'h lr fells ul5that
% ° f' GocI?in Chiba/*. ^ ^ro'rb'thid%y4jdr Javff
the ifle ofCojidur, probably Pulo f lV $/W. lay the
‘p rom p t o f BoiachV <b^L®aeh, ’ Fr6m
that *he’' p^ffes f6u*v S i i w^ pwbbwbwi in
fmall woody ifle‘ in, th a f^ fo a id h t ffo ^ P e ta n I M M I
rdo^Hes to the Leffer Java, or %htriatra,s l^ ^ m i l lF ^ c f tm ^ V h i c h
Pojcryifited, 'anffdeferih^ f i x 'o ^ kibgddfos. Frdm tMikjTer jWa,
w e fe^ y o Wiles fo rffe^ifland of'fretura, pfo|SBly/fhe m « o % h r l y
; b w ‘ Jiis' ,nfcpi©Vdnd?
From Nqcufe'^he;p a f feVm 'A lg S I v a n afl
Andamans; and^ttence B.'W . t^Hie great jAand* ofSdBaqu'1 m Ceyfoh. |
F™injhis account itfeems clepthat the ifle weaffed Java was unknown
fo Marco P61o,’ and the name wKicfl'4|fob ap y im |liem ify alarge iland,
a s f- fmall 0be, was mdlSerehtly applied 'by"t&^MalayS' to nianv
C^ S ies.ft aod h P ?™ ed to bVfotained b^ |be^^Pbrtuguefe'for a third
Java, or large fend, unknown to‘ the great Euipphn,'traveller, whofe
writings deferve illuftration, its not only interefting iri ^hemfelves' but
as. they Jed to the difeovery of America,' an^’^ ^ ^ ^ d ^ n l ^ o f
modern hiftory.*
TJ.*'.The numerals are very corrupt, but.™ tbe ;account of the globe, of Behai’m, atWthe>end’of
^gafettay vo^ge m | . ?{ Petan, ,1s eaUed Pentan„.-wK.ich: feems to referable Bentam ^
Pigafetta, p. 216, nuftakes modern Java, which: th e . natives, as lie fays, eaffed Jaoff fo/the
Greater Java of Marco Polo j juft as he finds Japan S. of the Phfiippines and the Taprohana of •
fee ancients in Sumatia, Headds that the Leffer Javans the ifle of BaUi! This graft iWraftee
r manners at firft led to great eo^on,'whiefilts Uoteven amv conipletejy
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