The Parties Then Got Up And Walked Away Together,
Seeming Quite Friendly; And Throughout There Was Nothing In The
Manner Of Any One Present Indicating Passion Or Ill-Feeling - A
Very Good Illustration Of The Malayan Type Of Character.
In a month's collecting at Wonosaleni and Djapannan I accumulated
ninety-eight species of birds, but a most miserable lot of
insects.
I then determined to leave East Java and try the more
moist and luxuriant districts at the western extremity of the
island. I returned to Sourabaya by water, in a roomy boat which
brought myself, servants, and baggage at one-fifth the expense it
had cost me to come to Modjo-kerto. The river has been rendered
navigable by being carefully banked up, but with the usual effect
of rendering the adjacent country liable occasionally to severe
floods. An immense traffic passes down this river; and at a lock
we passed through, a mile of laden boats were waiting two or
three deep, which pass through in their turn six at a time.
A few days afterwards I went by steamer to Batavia, where I
stayed about a week at the chief hotel, while I made arrangements
for a trip into the interior. The business part of the city is
near the harbour, but the hotels and all the residences of the
officials and European merchants are in a suburb two miles off,
laid out in wide streets and squares so as to cover a great
extent of ground.
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