AND COCOA-NUT--ROADS AND SCENERY--
MOTLEY POPULATION--EUROPEAN RESIDENTS--CHINESE
EMIGRANTS--KLINGS--SAMPAN-MEN--PLACES OF
WORSHIP--TIGERS 39

CHAPTER IV.

SINGAPORE.

TRADE OF SINGAPORE--CHINESE TRADERS--BUGIS
TRADERS--SIAMESE AND COCHIN CHINESE--ARAB
SMUGGLERS--BORNEO--TRADE WITH CALCUTTA--
COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS. 53

CHAPTER V.

DUTCH SETTLEMENTS.

DUTCH SETTLEMENT OF RHIO--ISLAND OF BANCA--
BENCOOLEN--PADANG--CHINESE SLAVE-TRADE--NATIVE
TRIBES OF SUMATRA--PEPPER TRADE 73

CHAPTER VI.

MALACCA AND PENANG 94

CHAPTER VII.

CALCUTTA.

FIRST VIEW OF CALCUTTA--STATE OF SOCIETY--
MERCANTILE CHANGES--UNPLEASANT CLIMATE--SIGHTS
AT AND NEAR CALCUTTA--IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSIT
AND NAVIGATION--CUSTOM-HOUSE NUISANCE--PILOT
SERVICE--CHARACTER OF THE BENGALEES--RIVER STEAMERS 101

CHAPTER VIII.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

VOYAGE FROM SINGAPORE TO SYDNEY--PORT JACKSON--FIRST
IMPRESSIONS PRODUCED BY SYDNEY--THE PUBLIC-HOUSE
NUISANCE--SYDNEY JURIES--CATTLE-DEALERS--TOWN
IMPROVEMENTS--LAWYERS, DOCTORS, AND CLERGY 117

CHAPTER IX.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

TOWNSHIP OF MAITLAND--THE PATERSON DISTRICT--WINTER
SPORTS--THE KANGAROO--AUSTRALIAN HUSBANDRY--CONVICT
SERVANTS--BENEFIT OF ENFORCING AN OBSERVANCE OF
SUNDAY--THE HOT SEASON 128

CHAPTER X.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

BUSH-RANGERS--THE DROUGHT OF 1838-9--THE SETTLER'S
TROUBLES--ORNITHOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA--ABORIGINAL
TRIBES 139

CHAPTER XI.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

THE HOT WINDS--PROJECTED MAIL-ROAD FROM SYDNEY
TO PORT ESSINGTON--SHEEP-FARMS--GRAZING IN
AUSTRALIA--HORSE-STOCK 155

CHAPTER XII.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

CAUSES OF THE RECENT DISTRESSES--CONDUCT OF
THE BANKS--MANIA FOR SPECULATION--LONG-ACCOUNT
SYSTEM--BAD SEASONS 169

CHAPTER XIII.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

ELEMENTS OF PROSPERITY STILL EXISTING--HINTS
TO THE COLONISTS--FUTURE PROSPECTS 182

CHAPTER XIV.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

CLASSES OF SOCIETY IN SYDNEY--DISAPPOINTMENT OF
EMIGRANTS--CHARACTERISTICS OF IRISH AND BRITISH
EMIGRANTS--AVAILABLENESS OF CHINESE
LABOURERS--A