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Java - The Pearl Of The East
Author: S.J. Higginson

THE PEAk OF TOE EAST BY S. J. HIGGINSON WITH A MAP OF THE ISLAN BOSTON ANB NKW HOUGHTON MIFFUN COMPANY MT LITTLE SON, H. PKEFACE THE object of this little volume, written by request, is to give to tie young people of tfeis country, in as concise and complete a manner as possible, some trustworthy information in regard to the people, the wealth, ... more »and tiae resources of the island of Java, together with a brief outline of its history. To do this accurately and intelligently, ih0 best authorities have been consulted, not only to verify fie authors own experience, but to ob tain all possible items of interest bearing upon the purpose in view. To the work of Sir Stamford Raffles, an ac knowledged authority on Java, the author is much indebted. a j. a. CONTENTS CHAPTBt fJLQM 1 EASTWARD BOUND 9 DL THE STEAITS OF SUNDA 15 HL THE IEBST Visrrs OF EOBOPEANS . . 21 IV. VOLCANOES, RIVBBS, AND GENBBAL ASPECTS . 28 Y. PmsNOMBNA 36 VI KBAKATOA 41 VH Saa ANI CTJUTATS 46 HL VBOBTATTOK 60 IX VEGETABLE FIBRES AHD DTES 64 X. WOODS AKD IteEBB 57 3X USEFUL ANIMALS 0g XTI. WELD ANDCALS AND GAIO . . . 01 X1H. FBATHBKED GAME ...... 15 XIV. RBPTILBS . 81 XV. THB POPULATION ,. m XVL HOUSES AJTD BKESS 81 XVEL FOOD AND Coomsra f 98 XVUL AaBIOTOTOKB . . . . . . .101 XIX. COFFHE, TOBAOOO, PHPFKB COTTOaT, IlfDEJO 106 XX. LAND AND OorEBNMKzn . ... US XXL MANUTAOTUBES AND INDUSTBIBS ... 117 XXTT. THE CHABACTEB OF THE PEOPIS . . ISO RHLIGIOK AND RANK 125 Ytii CONTENTS ONHNWM ATO AjsuBEanRrrs . . IS fta LASGCAOS ..... .138 AscnestT TmaiFLEs AKD PALACES . . 144 E X Y l3fSABlTAKT ..... 154 . . 150 XZOt, T EK FAJU. cr MoDJorAHiT ... 168 XXX K JLBLESsaos3iT or THJS NEW FAITH . . 170 U BFATIO BY THB DfJTCS ... ITS Ta Earnffi OF TBZ IhTrca .... 1 78 XXXIII Tss DV-TCH EAST IJSDIBS . ... 183 JK BATATIA ..... .188 JAVA THE PEAEL OE THE EAST CHAPTER L EASTWABD BOUND AMONG the many lovely islands that seem to float like gardens of perpetual bloom on the glassy seas beneath the equator, none are so re splendent in wealth and beauty as the island of Java. To distinguish it, and in allusion to its superiority, it has long been termed in the Malay Archipelago the Pearl of the East, an appel lation which its rich and varied resources amply justify. To reach this land where nature revels in one eternal summer, it is necessary to make a journey half-way round the globe. When one has de cided to undergo the wear and tear of such an extended trip, one of the four usual routes, each covering about equal distances from Hew York, and requiring about the same number of days to accomplish, can be selected. Perhaps the most in teresting is by way of San Erancisco, and thence by steamer across tiie Pacific to Japan, China, and 10 JAVA THE PEARL OF THE EAST Singapore, the Lion City, situated on an island of the same name at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula. Here the English vessel is left, and the traveler commits himself to the care of one of the Dutch or French steamers which ply the Java Sea between this port and Batavia, the capital of the Netherlands Indies, on the island of Java. Another desirable route is by what is termed the French Mail Menageries Maritimes from Marseilles, every fortnight, for the French colonies IB the East and China and Japan, which afe puts c ie down at Singapore. The mail sieto rs known as those of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, sailing every alternate week from Eiagland, vie with the French steamers in offering agreeable, if not luxurious, accommoda tions, and, like the others, abandon the passenger for Java at Singapore. e Dutch vessels, leaving Amsterdam thrice monthly present the fourth route, and, as is with eastward-bound steamers, go through the SWSE Canal instead of touching at Colombo, 1 tfee island of Cfeylon, as do the others named, ftey call at Padang, a Dutch settlement on the wsi coast of Sumatra. The Dutch government fcmetionaries are sent to the Netherlands Indies by these steamers, which land their passengers at Balavia...

ISBN-13: 9781406723106
ISBN-10: 140672310X
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Van Rensselaer Press
Book Type: Paperback
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