--Account of the babad "Mangku Nagara"--
Prose works--The Niti Praja--The Surya Ngalam--
Romances--The Johar Manikam--Dramatic works--The
Panjis--Wayang plays--Arabic works and influence--The
theatre--The wayang 241

CHAPTER XV.

SINGAPORE.

Batavia and Singapore--Raffles' arrival in the East--
Determines to oppose the Dutch supremacy in the
Archipelago--Occupation of Java--Is knighted--Returns
from England--Foundation of Singapore--Uncertainty
whether the settlement would be maintained--His
death--Description of Singapore--Epilogue 263

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

MOUNT SALAK, FROM THE HOTEL BELLE VUE, AT
BUITENZORG Frontispiece

A JAVANESE ACTRESS vi

MOHAMMEDAN ARMOUR xii

A PORTUGUESE HOUSE, BATAVIA _To face_ 6

CHINESE BARBER 37

PALACE OF A NATIVE PRINCE _To face_ 43

WOMAN COOKING RICE. KOMPOR " 51

A BULLOCK CART " 54

A SAWAH PLOUGH 61

THE KING'S PLAIN, BATAVIA _To face_ 67

BRIDGE LEADING TO THE PAZER BAROE, BATAVIA " 70

THE WATERLOO PLAIN, BATAVIA " 78

SKETCH MAP OF JAVA " 89

SECTION AND GROUND PLAN OF THE BORO-BOEDOER
TEMPLE " 94

A JAVANESE COTTAGE " 114

NATIVES SQUATTING 116

A HAPPY CELESTIAL 133

A PRODUCE MILL _To face_ 156

ROSAMALA TREES " 170

WOMEN BARKING CINCHONA 176

A DALANG _To face_ 179

COFFEE BERRIES 185

A WAYANG FIGURE 262

THE ESPLANADE, SINGAPORE _To face_ 264

THE CAVANAGH BRIDGE, SINGAPORE