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noe from Madagascar. They. !deo mini-,
vate mangoes, shaddoolls and pine -apples.
Orangel, gristles, peaches and ,apples do
Bgtilay 011 thwOolonial.°,a111(1.1.11diall The French introduced the spice -trees of
'
• do well, an their qualifies are inferior.
(By Thomas 0. Watkins.)
This with tlie e.diticent island Of
• the Indian Islands but they did not sue -
laid ; even the pepper -vine remained
barren; _the °love Waif the only epic° which
suceeed,ed. They cultivated the sligin-cane,
indigo, coffee and cotton' but since the
British took possession ofthe island all
Bourbon, was discovered by the Portu- these branches of agriculture are almost
(peso under the command of Masoarenhas abandoned, with the exception of sugar,
in 1505, -and they Were named 'the Mas- the cultivation of which has increased
oarenhas Baena ; but though the •Fortu- rapidly. In 1830 more than 720,000 Jinn-
guese 'fiock possessiOfl of the Mauritius, dred, weights were•exeorted; and the busi-
m 1545, they appea nob to have hen
formed any settlenient ' on: it. .The•
• • Dutch • -took- Possession eaf--and-surveye
. it in 1598, and called it Mauritine,
in honoe'of Maurice, Sta,dtholder of the
Bepublio of the Netherlands. They did
not settle there, however, until they had
- established a settlement at the Cape in 160,
nese veas pro.sperous until lately, w
over -production over the World reduced the
priateeof engem to about one-fourth of their
value thirty years itgo:-TherSiire--very-few-
horses, as they are not bred in the island
to any extent....
MULES AND OE
• --- are more numerous, and are nsed
princi-
aUy ferthe saddle, being more sure-footed
in that rough and stony soil, where, in
Common with moat Asiatics, their roads
are to a considerable extent in quite a
primitive state, not much better than
bridle paths. Black cattle are soarce, for
Want of good pasture, as it does not pay to
keep them and import fodder for them.
Cattle are imported in great quantities,
froth Madagascar; goats and sheep are
kept in large numbers; howl are very
numerous, and form a large portion of the
was taken %rent .tipbY , o. fOad of the people., The forests are e
possession by the Congress of the Repro-
' sentatives of Europe,- when they conferred
the sovereigety of Elba on Napoleon Bona-
parte, making him Emperor /of a pretty
- island in the Danube, who was used to have
the mightiest sovereigns of Europe • to
tremble -at his frown -to accept their king-
dpmsor then empires .from him on what-
.. elver conditions le GrandeMonarche wished
- iMPOSO., The Britiei. gave the island -Ulf
• . qsitusta in the Indian•Obean$ hetween19°
about which tirae they founded settlernent
on this island also. They abandoned their
hold of it in 1708. From whit% time until
1715 it was iehabited only by a fewnegroes,
who had been brought there. as slaves,. and
lied run away -from their mestere and -had
co'ncealed themselvefi in the forests on the
mountains, The French took possession
O f the island in 1715, founded settle-
ment at Port West, • and named the
' island Isle de France. 'They held undis-
turbed possession ofit until 1810, when it
h it was allotted as a .. permanent- home of a considerable, number of Wild
hogs and dew Fish abound along e
coast; the turtle has almost entirely dis-
appeared frem the island, ,bitt large ;lum-
bers of them frequent the .snaall sandy
islets sithated to •the northwest of Mauri-
tius, and' afford 'a lime to an abundance
of fine large ones; which deposit their eggs
in the sand of those islets, where they are
hatched Out by the Warmth of the • sun.
There axe' enormous quantities of rats,
locuatislandiantes Tabieli.l[ne,OeY
We to the erops and, to the produce in the
?eterehouses. The population ail:punts to
About' 100,000; of which. number 75,000'
were negro slaves,. or their deseendants;
originally brought from Mede,gedicar and
the.eastern.coast:et, Africa,. ,..The 'balance
Of 25,000 °cadet Of over 15,000 colored in --
habitants, amongst whom aro Malays,
flsh-
ermen from the coast Of Malabar; Lamers
twenty-seven railee,- thoUgh e. 130 • ' and Chineoe. The latter were brought over
width is not much over •eighteenpileg• Tke 'by -the planters, and employed in the odti-
eirotordOrenen' -03010 1•g4 *don. vation of the sugar Cane, instead of the:
nearly of equal .extent with the eennti' of .negroed,:Wlien the lest -named were slaves.
worsestee,ithearea being'about 700 square The . number of .whites' amount to 03CoUt
milei4 It is `Surrounded by a .coral reefs 9,000, individuals, the greater part Of whom
. eted2ine.neerly . parallel „,t9 the shores et are descendants of ' Preach w,hose
from one to two furlongs therefrom., TWA). progenitors ,eettled there when the island.
shoalii are mostly dry at low water. There' was 'a ,French colony, and fin* still speak
are eleven gaps in theee reefs, and oluPg, of :Ole French language. Tort Louie, the
moderate, burden can sail through the capital ana. only . town of the island, is.
inost of these brdaks on up to the shore m situated near the northwestern extremity,
high water. .The water between the reek on a smell bay celled Port Northwest, or.
and the shores being less affected by Port Louie. This bay is a narrow inlet of
.„atainuelming Much smoother than the sea, the sea, a little over a Pmule in length, and
-affords easy coinmonioation all round the about ' 500 Yards wide. A reef rens out
coast,:which is, a very inipottent matter to from its Mouth, passing dope to a -small
• the inhabitants, as the shore is very steep island called Tounelier Island, which' is a
in many place; and , rises , suddenly to a, &kis,' reek, near which ships usually
• considerable 'elevation. quito. close to the anchor, as the wind blow out of the bar.
water's edge, which. is • especially the ease hot constantly. The harboris sufficiently
along the vi'vestern [meet,. Along the eastern capacious for irdozenmee-otwex and fifty
Coast the surfo.ise in general, is pretty level merchant ships, and, 'during the fine ' sea.
kora Port'Smiillac te Grand Pert, andfrom son • perfectly safe. • , The. capital (Port
50 &make* -sof -ifforaitine, is
45 min. and 20 6,3•• south latitude
- and 56.0 'and 570 . east - longitude: From
north to south that is tier° Cap Malhenr-
smut to the Bay of of . Lemon) length
is . abent ,thirty-six -- miles, and ..its
extreme; (width, from 'ROM :du, Diable
te the .northern extremity of the Plaine*
aux Sables (or Plain of Sands is nearly
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is much used by /the natives for building mufti sexTemeatna seri nwrearse
;
purposes, and for boafebuilding, end in the mama arms..
manntanturn of Sun Parriatie°, In tell°00 . Thie little colony iodudes the:bland of
iliaILibil'IOt wrk.liwwitiggOnsreina-earrik*Plo. Singapore; eituated - to the south of the
binders, animilnition box boards; etc. Itis Maley Pezlinoela ; Penang, an Wend now
prized for fittings in boats, bag of Oan000. Imown'as Prince of Wales Wend, on the,
house .poste, P11%114110, honnia and west coast • of that peninsula, and a
various Other twee. The Bots Candle strip of land opposite, named province
Nirelledey :, the Dindings, another group of
igraa' akier[radlime.ai, daartreek co'iotredhe'',Wfirety*veinC"-edn: Winds with a piece- of land along the .coast
Mlitaigkeehrges;v7Teilhe6n. Bclot niSilln°d4aPirlsZtil'I)Itirebtiiireeet, Qatna. the mainland a'lPit2tobetthweeeirtthhe°fD Penang;
highly valued by 'tureens, house carpenters and. Singapore. Singepore has an Area of
and is 'odorifexons,reseriabliog, oandalwetal,
and wheelwrights; it takes e fine polish 206 , move mules, voremg.,167i province
2t01179,.' island Malacca o!PI' til t.' the
, ele tit Dindings,20
Too4ntegg,4tahleprtiraagreriissareirfveertYrrv'avinerZhirn% Wii:Zuelliatireeat mieZles:•. Melte:foe was taken poem-
beeutiful. It is used for gun. carriages„ :sem of ., by , tbe Portuguese in .10.14 and
Boii-d'ebittie-rtree-yielas_tbsLbia*,4ina •oh was taken by.
furniture and musical' inatrnment°' .T11°. rambled in their hands until 1641, when it
the.Neth,erlands and held by
euereatfilwyitthtirnyeliaehwiaeekrib•-bronwni7ii! them er of
etilreals7B95ri,•twaite,nbultit t'fewllituenradeetretUrede
esebmoneytimwehloshtr
and -oven grained, to the -Dutch in1818by a 'treaty with Hol -
and takes a high polish. It is Weil for land, dated .March 1.7th, 1824. Malacca
was again ceded to :Great Britain in ex-
yiiigi- ornamental- 'turner/ loia. oome-
imeo for furniture, • Salleuretk. The Dote olango for, Beneoraen in Sumatra, when
noir,' la : grains rouge, is. a large tree, the it ,10,13 stirdatea . that the British
frObor of wlifcb: wh°0 . firati °O. should not attempt to .ferfaiI ' attY
i'nnerablea --tho:: r°4• ean4glit . 'in° a :settlement in Sumatra, Mar the 'Dutch in
durable, tolerably coarse and even Mine ,, tthoeGititaIrillnainb36iunii41'.785.(.3bliyatghewRaf4ajcaehaeoaf
twang, pleasant smell, is stiff, hard, snot*
aka; a good 'polish, is of tr beautiful red Kedah. ' , Province Wellesley . was also
color, with drools' of , a darker shade, which acquired from the Rajah a.few years later
inn purple and - resemble rosewood. The to enable the anthorities to put down the
Lilas de PIndeis a charming drimmentel prevailing piracy Which caused ereat havoc
ree. , The Wood orthe older trees. io hand- ameerst . the European merohantnien.
oinely marked. It is rather . durable and. TWO latter territery' is bounded by the
s tised for furniture. T1Mre Were sped- Nada River, and by a line ten Mika :south
mens of seventy varietiesid different [TWO of the 'Cryan River. Penang was the seat
Meet 'of Which -Were very usefol• for the of Government of the Straits Settlements
of Ireeg shown in the court • of . Mauritius,
mimeninspurposes of ' -- , • . .. . until 1839, eine° which date it has been ber-
ried on at Efin-F-P-.Ort---TheDindings,-were
'' ' anemia •fain awiewees Lips: . • '.' ceded to the colony by trait/ in 1874. The
• -'' :, .-/ '', - chief productions of thelmninsuls, consist
In the Betanical,Gaxdene there was a most of tin, shear; spices, rine, tapioca, saga,.
ma,mailloent display of •the flora and other hides, horns, gum, eoffeg, tobacco, but Bev-
prodwitions of that fe,r-off land. A great eral of these • productions • are, purchased
-Vottetrof-plante, the.,13.bresLoh. are from their neighbors, and arKnot grown in
0- the coloy. . Trade is inerexiaing.'fast, as
need -ler , Mehing .eloth, mid ropes, were
pulp meoleiat inegitase (a oative fibre); in is :united iniporte and exports' of the years
rubber tree, gum • and a:variety Of 'articles 1859.60, end 1684. 'These wore: 'Singapore
inade of , the rubber, glitta-Pereba;',,,fin--0 in the. forrner Period; £10,871,300;. in the
bahanit flour, sweet potatoes, cloves, starch, 000 ." against
latter year, 125,931;930 ;,: Penang; 23,530,-
sainplesof wheat, arrowroot, menioo neer,.
-vanilla; 'coffee, lautmege; mace,. jams and Malacca Sire& Was4928,000 in the forhier
112,066.267 'in : 1884, and
turtle oil; andiOna and: :Other - barks in.' Colony ,Z14;829,300 in 1859,60 and 239,077,-'
Year and X1;079;612 in. the latter, making
the united Volume; of trade for the whole
jellies, eauldeexilogne,ink,sugars:of various
kinds end qualities, syrup, mineral waters,
tion of , minerals, plantienatural history, free from different stages of preparation. -A [Mlle°, 808 in 1884. The Straits poets are entirely
import and .export duties. I The,
skeletons of the, dodo bird,. stuffed' !mem- total ' population . in 1881' was 42804
Meng Of the fauna 'Of the island, stage' against 007,067 , in 1671. Ana 273,000 in
and feathers,--tertoise shell,: cootede-mer.i. mixed as
emu eggs 1866. The :nationalities were greatly,
heads; Ostrich feathers endows,
shrimps, 'Shells, ornamental seeds, , . jith'S Europeans, 22,155 Malays, e6,766 Chinese
follows: Singapore had 2,769
tame' and beds' non,rouge-.- -Mum and other • -and 12;058 natives of -India. -i 'Penang_ was
the world that net ono, even Of the most Malays, - '45,135 70.1iineee and na-
represented : by •619 . Europeans, 21,772
liquors Were- also exhibited, as if toshow
remote colonies of Britain, has effeeped the, flies, , of. • tIltlia; • : Province. Wellesley
fora stigma of .licensing the lazy and cruel had 76 furapeans; 58,723 Malays, 21,637
part of their people to prey Upon the young Chinese • 10,616 natives of India," 'Tim.
Euro -
the vampires, they suck :their blood in the pions, 67;513 Malaya,
nationalities in Malacca - Were 40 .. Zuni -
19,741 Chinese .and
and inexperienced portion there and, like
night; . entice: them into their edemas; 1;891 natives of India. Dindings had only..
'Lion; Aid. ' their :. brains With madness, two Europeans; 1,847. Malays; 466 ' Chinese
and 37-nativesof:Indife.- -•--,- •-"
treat . , them . to ' their .. distilled :damns-
inabrets than; . yea, 'degrade them 'ewer :
than the'brutestehe their lett dollar and '. ME BE "1.1" Ijii IIE CaL9147. '
send therni. off to beat, their wives . slid is derived froni landlicenecifi, stamp duties,
Musical instniments, a full sized jinrieksha,
with a °belie to, draw it. Opium smoking
implements, blow tubes, with spears and.
shields attached, quiver containing poisoned
darts used by the aborigines, or with tribal
of the Malay Peninsula.
Coutneerernato maricurmirs mg) nr THEi
OHINESI •
in Singapore for counterfeiting coin, wailer '
oilers and drawings of fruit's indigenous to "
„the colony. Chinese. state presentation.
umbrella; Photographs of scenery in the,
Straits settlemente. Models of animate
used by China* in lotteries, coins, b
notes. and tokens', now used in Pe
Albuias 'representing Penang seen and -
native life,. e Musical instruments used by
aboriginal Whet; of Malacca, model of a
Malay Raja's state house, With figures show-
ing wedding ceremony in Progreso. Collec-
tions of 910. and modern measures. Bookie --
on the meteorology 'of the Straits Settle- .
*Ate, native drugs, English and
Malay vocabulary books printed
published • in Singapore. Chinese
drugs, native medicinal roots. Medal
of a Malay Rajah's reception house, with
automaton figures. showing wedding 'elate:,
filially in program, models of Malay hoose -
hold utensils, toys; games, etc, comprising _
200 specimens • models of Malay hoboes -*
with walls of be'rtram Work, of nipali 'palm
and of.bamboo; carved wood work for door -
Way ef Malay house, *lay bed ha.nginma„„
Chinese bed and hangingo • 'rattan extiohar
in domestic use model of Malacca house,
*dela of • Chinese fihniture 'comprising
forty-eight different ninds of infidel., 288 '
opeonnate of aitioles for domestic tise, and
toys and genies.; Chinese gold thread, scarfs ,
osed on great occasions; full dresses and
ordinary dreams worn lay Arabs ' and --
Chinese in this colony. Collecitions of
indigenous fish, pheasants, snakes, *butter-
flies, reptiles fishing apparatus, siirtyepeci-
mens of st'affed animals • and birds,* 68 •
bottles of preserved fish and ,reptiles ;
agricultural implements, thatches, gutta
perche, timbers, spices, driedpiants, sheets.
Retial4tHEIR,VOTEUgOrglITabiRT
lei -traria plait work, NaleataAalleingeitieke;
food , products, condiment,preserved
fruits; [Inger, ' ? or • rice.
arrowroot, • cocoanut, palm. sugar.
cigars and cigarettes, sago, honey, beetle
nutvainish, essential oils, bait dye fibtei-h".
bark Or tanning, bricks, indigo, Mangroves,
tiles,. tin ore, 'pineal:too „.eed limeattffie,
Malay and aboriginal. weapons, 'Chinese -
and Malay weights. and meesures,:reeins,
coffee, buffalo. bask* or paniers, buffalo
bells . and carts,' Malay elephant. golds,
baskets, heeds and bells, ferns, Malay *
river boats and bamboo rafts, Malay,.
dwelling houses, snares -and traps, Malay
drawee of silk and geld thread ;looms and
spinning - appliances, bees! Wax,„ edible
bible' node; pottery, Malay silverware and -
weapons, goldhearing tin sand, Malay fish."
bag heats and native tools, native foot bathe, .
eptire used by Malays. in dock -fighting,
poisoned amens and quivers Used by the
Sakeis, curtains • made of attap leave!,
model of a Sakei house, native heti, Cloth
made of hark by the.2'Sakeis,'sleeping mats;
:sandals, gold and tin ornaments, elephant's
head shot in Selangor, bison's heed from,
Malay, sweetmeats, sugar cane juice, Ain,.
shells, bat guano', . water wheel, drugs,
cinchona bark, rum and spirits. Alas t '
alas! Ruin, spirits, • alcohol, introduced
everywhere Britain's eons plant their feet.
Could the British nation [fee the fearful
orimes_they_are the...direct Anthers of? '
Could they [Me' the raving maniacs in--OUT-7 •
insane asylums? Could they See the ragged,. '
staTving chi
l.
eyes of youth
sockets; the
wedded life c
lethilaitedi-41-ffisaucessettenoeuelnigskaller ,Weetfillent.layearwmperison-40f the.,
tte -to -Port -Leda; -.except lefft_.1.4.. Lonisyia.eituated tit the extreme southwest -
close proiiniity to each of those places.
, THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLANO,
is very rough and uneven, rising frog:gently
into lo!ty isolated except ibetween
Cape Brabant and Pert Soffillito, where the
• Mlle form a chain, which runs free,. Mount
Peter Botte to. Carmoniere Point. Some
. of the hills tower, aloft to a considerable
,height, *mildly the Brabant Mountains.
- near Cape Brabant,. and the Bamboo ridge
near Grand Port, which rise to about 3,004
feet shove the level of the surrounding see.
The origin of the island is undoubtedly
-volcanic, as shown by the irregularity of
the surface and the -presence of lava,
pumice ,stone and other productiOfls of
e
volcanic force. • In the mountains
. the tack- of. Port Souillao and
- Grand Pert - there is a small lake,
which is thought.. to have been the
cr.ster of an extinctr-vbleanor--.-There ere
large numbers of loose rocks..coVering the
ground, from the size of's cricket tall up
' to more than a , ton weight, which ' are
tiddled with anall holes. 'The soil is
shallow land very dry, owing to the great
drought whickprevails, making the land
rather. he,rren and unfruitful. Thesoil
' consists chiellref a lumpy reddish mould.,
.trhiPh appears to be impregnated with
oxide Of , men, Which on presser°, crumbles
' to dust in a person's hand. The rainy
season lasts from. November to March or
April., The rain pours down in torrents
for set;eral hours, e,ocompanied by thun
der
• a,d. lighttiing`.7flurricanes. terrifii as
receives in manufadtured goods.
ern corner of the ,bay. •The streets are
-straight, but not .paved..; the principal street
runs parallel to the shore of the bay. The
houses are built of woad, with only one
floor.. :The totem contains 26,000 inhabi-
tants, of whom 1,570 were formerly ele,vei,
or are thedesowidents of slaves; there are
ebb* 4,000 whites, and they.,represent vari-
ous Orieotal natienalitied ; one of' the sub-
urbs about 3,000 Malabar figtherineri; and
another nearly 71500 negroes. There, is a
library containing over 69,000 volumes,
mostly French books; a good botanical gar-
den, ;and docks for the repair of vessels.
Port Grand is situated on the windward
coast, although • large,:the entranee being
narrowed by several shoals. It can only
be entered or left during a fair
wind, , by billing vessels, as it is
impossible to tack; , therefore it is not
much frequented except by dean:Lea co,
eadonally. Mauritius has cominereial
•rdetions :with' Surat; •Batavia, Bombay,
Muscat, the -Persian and Arabian Gififs,
the Western coast of Africa, the Cape and
Madagascar, but a large proportion of its
produce goes to England. Sugar, coffee,
.cloves, Indigo and some timber are exported
to England; and in - return the colony re-
ceives. silk, woolen and cotton fabrics, wine;
oil, hats, iron and steel ' Utensils, . and
several articles of commerce. Arable and.
Persia are supplied withsugar from Menri-
this, and send back in return dried fruits
and .4 few- other articles. Madagaecar
sends her cattle and rice to Maurithierand
_these of the West Indies vont the is an
, sometimes during the rein,/ s &igen. ,These
atorroo do not °cam with regularity, but
only mace -in from one to five years. Dur,
• ing .this 'season the *Jo& changes fre-
quently, and sometimes niakeS, the tour of
the horizon e . short •tirae, in the . dr
. season the wind generally. blows from the
. southeast. It is strong during the day, but
calm • in the night. .1:luring.: Jame- July
and August shourgagi are frequent,
• but they hist oniy of,,Ishort time. I The
island is !traversed- numerous, water
courses, which flow- down in all directions
frefra their common centres; but they are
onIy*a during the 'rainy season, when
• -•---enttnexeufi catentets, and wear'
qon evapora
' he maw annual temperature- is ligat
760- Fahrenheit. The annual rainfall may
•• he set down at. an average of thirty-eightto
forty itiehes. , The island Was formerly
covered With forests, and even now large
wooded districts remain as ornamente
around the plantations; and 'the hill coun-
try is covered with trees, but there is no
timber suitable for shipbuilding- , The
ebony 'wood is inferior -in- qiialityrbut the
. iron wood and tea wood ere valliable. The
• sager and cocoanut pelins are common, 59
, are also tamaried trees, mangroves and
haniboos. YO.1119, eassave or
which ,Wo,s imported from Sonth America,
' and maiao don.), are • altivated as
articles of food, as well as plantains,
bananas ana toefOns, als6 several
Mauritius and its dependent small islands
are distinguished'for their
, , ' •• V4iLIJABLII TIERER,
which is. much used for shit and house
building and "for making agnoulturel-im-
pleretenee and all such articles as require
great strength and toughness. The Tata-
'aca? blasts ,,16 a large tree, ...with toegh.
-curly- -grained-wood.; , the-. -sepia. _yield
a valuable : oil; and the gum that
issues from the trunk is the• tatarnaes,
resin of commerce, The Colophane Boiard
•is a smalliree about twehty feet in -height,
the ideal of which is Used largely for
palisades, and rafters in building shanties,
and in fencing, gftrdeno lawns, eco. The
ye4,xfieuNe_fle is a middle -sired trbe the
Wbove tui
tree Which attains a large size; the'woor-ffi
hard, durable, smooth, dark colored, takes
children; to steal, to murder, to fill tier judicial fines; etc. , The total: • reVenue• in
jails, our penitentiaries, ' our lunatic 1868....Was 2276;612;. and the' 'expenditure
asylums, to go t� the gallows to our £254,391: . In 1884 the reeentle. had risen
cemeterieswitledmilltarde-graves .:and to to £629,921, and the expenditure' to. 2580,-
filthell. with. their victims. 0, that tlib 1.47. ;;Tlie-'4eloiir
numberless areiy/of drunkards and those relatiens-with the neighboring . Maley
who only drink for. company's sakei, but countries, three of which are imder British:
are constantly, yet even to: themselVee protectiOni and have Contrihtited their re -
perceptibly, creating an appetite, a burn: •speotive shares to this. great exhibition of
ing third; which; if they do not; from Britaieef offspring from every elimite;
the drunkard's haunts; will. Boon sink them from 'every country. The three protected.
into misery,. shanie„ disgrace; early death, States ate Perak, 'Selangor and. Stingel,
a drunkard's grave and eternal' woo; Viong, which extend !rem the :border of
that they, together With thOse who entice Province Wellesley to that , of. Malacca,
thank) drink, may soon hav.d their eyes They , :are • : governed • ' 1.)3t their native
opened td see the 'fearful precipice on the rulers, acting with the advice and aid of .e
brink of Which they are standing with • Mx. British Resident, who M. appointed by the
steady *pa; and resolve, in, the nal* of British Government, and is under the con -
God and by His strength, that. they will trOl, of the Gifternot of the Straits Settle -
never touch, taste,Inindlei buy. or sell the .naentft. Each State has its -staff • of--Enra-
accursell thing: any More duririg their peen a)ad Waive. officers. Of the three
futures lives, and earnestly and ',calsciee-, States, Perak; with an extent Of 7,949
tiously keep their pledge for the .rest.' of square miles of territiary, and e, population
their , days. . • . of us,ogo people, the Meet important..
• • . • A Resident Was, appointed to Perakin 1074,
, , . • • under the Treaty of and the State
, ,Xise OOTOHELItES.IRLArDS, • ;
.whilch.probably pre not very Well known by has niade rapid • progress since. The rev -
many, • are.. an impertant'. appendage enue • risen from 64,7PIC in 1877 to
Mauritius:. The • group . is *situated in the .2938,749 in 1884; life nod,' property are
Eadern epee, e few degrees: south of • the secure; • a railway. eonneethig Theripeng
'eqtatori latitude.8degrees 31 minutes to .(the chief town) With the sea Ki(d‘ a. corn
5 'degrees 4k Minute's south; and in longitude plete s3istena of roads and telegraph • Retie
53 degrees 15-•riainetee_to,it'degreee .10 ,ha,ve been'conetracted,hringing the differ -
minutes east. They are eibeedingIy fertile, ant Parts of the. State,: which ..previous to
and possess greet natural beauty: They, 1874 were only connected by. rivers, into
were discovered by the Portuguese, :after- doge intercomeninietition. Mining :is the
Wards the lorench held possession .9f than chief kidustry of the State: Agriculture has
until 1814, when they. were ceded: to: Greet not been mudodoveloped yet. The soil is
Britain by the Congress of ' Parke -They :rich, endisuitable for the. production , Of
now form e ,vety intereathig pergola of Her .nearlyell kinds tropical plente, and only
Majesty's vast pessessimis m the East.' -An rapines capital to make it yield abiliad-
interesting account of, .these Wands has antly. Tepees, pepper, rice, sugar, coffee
boon published published by Mr. • Estridge entitled and tea, have. all been successfully grown.
"Six years in : Seychelles," where Liberal land laws have been made_ • by the
he :; resided at , Mahe, the 'chief Siete Grovernmelit Amongst the exhibits
Of the group. .He had labored .hard sent by this State is a full4iized Malay
to, gather- together the .chief objects of houffe which has been erected in,the tathi-
interest-found in these•islands, comprising, 'NtiestIL'13y Miley carpenters and : is built'
teeny scarcely ever auspdbted to have and furnished entirely. with niaferials sent
existed there. Amongst the ,fiae numerous for the purpose, and in accordance with
°Alicia( Placed On exhibition native customs. State-of-4Selangoi
man -are *iipeeintens of 'the fruit of the comprises: about 3,000 square miles. miles. It
ceco•de-mer (o, Species of palm tree Which lies seuth of Perak; the • dividing line be-
grOwa onlyin thette•isle,n,ds), and include tween them being the. Barnam This
rere exhibition -ofthet product its treble. Stete. is Wildly dependent upon tin mining
development, and also [Mine eccentric for prosperity, though Brazil plantations of
growths of the common , cocoanut: coffee • cacao' and pepper he,Ve been estilla
are also et:011)W Of the curious meet Robed, and are doing well in Many parts'of
es llcd ,tLe_tw...0,Nogthillafwor•;!, or! ,tahnea f a "ehenenSeteattse kvIAttriamiLltareY. pe, betwenty-twoespimtaill.ie
nlong
duffed . fish amotigst ,slotow' Ct.;
`i a t The revenwith
ue of 1876 was 246
an mtcellent polish and is very' ranch used
for shingles, frames of .houses, boards for
flooring, ship building, , cabinet ware, etc.
Th ti 'Jantliosts-ttee-has,-stroxigetough,elasti 3
weed, refeambling British ash in color and
'grain, It is used for handles of tools and
for Making charcoal. It is , a' small
tree. The Bois Lotudean, is a email
tree, :the timber of Which lo used for pali-
sades, ' and small timber in house and
Shs,rity bnibling. The Bois Coloyiliiine.
tains a great size, often measuring six feet
ih diameter. Canoes, are frequently hot:
lowed out of hi trunk. 'Chinaman is a
foriall tree, the timber of ' which is little
ren, , the imserable, gaunt,
art -broken wives, the bright
1 and sunken in their
ful, brave spirits of early
d to death and buried in
the deepest , guish, misery eod woe, the
irabrutett husband; in early-days+af-hie -„
[moderated fail, enticed., into tbe taverns
and saloons to drink that distilled damna-
tion. which at first elevates Man and makes
himi feel rich and great, but adeepeedraught ,
drowes his reason, corrupts his mind, ini-
Plents disease in his system. makes him .• •
Cruel to his wretched wife and children, tat ,
whom he is a terror? Turned:014'6f evety:
baroona, ordered away from every saloon.:
the wretched victim of intemperance goes
home ' and takes the list their, the last
morsel of food; even' the,last blanket, and •
leaves his. miserable wife and .children to •
perish with hunger and cold, while he goes
forth to pledge the last reranant of comfort
which he has Just stolen or torn away from
his broken-hearted wife to the saloon or
hotel keeper for thC seaweed poi p ", which
is fast. sinking him into his g a e,L-the
dark, hopeless, drunkard's. grave. Every •
glees of falcikolic liquor'.whichra man er
woman drinks has an influence to- lead
them to desire more erheirthe' excitereent
caused by. that glass dies aws,yhence thet
danger of taking the first glass. With the '
brightest and most gifted the descent from ,.
position, rank. and respectability is Ire-
geently Very rapid, and often ending in
degradation and infamy. The once happy
wife, murdered by inchee, dies and leaves,
helpless orphans to be cared, for by the
charitable; or ti:i become the thieves and
vagabonds and prostitutes of society. The
wretched father, only.the semblarice Of a •
man, 'creeing for whiskey, ,comedits theft
to get money to buy the poison, is arrested..
and -goes to jaily_where he dies,t e.sv etetegl,..
victim of the saioon:lteeper. ' •
The only worean cab driver in England.
has just died. i ' Visitors to . Epping Forest
will recall,. as one of the peculiar institutions .
of that vial -lily, the female John, who for .
many years wore conspicuously the badge
Of a driver, and held the reins in skilftd
competition with the men, who, no deubt,,- •
vociferously denounced at. cab Rtands and
railway stations this demonstre.tibli-of a
woman's nights. . - - *.
Enropean vegetables, as asparagus used. It is yellow, close grained, and the
- opinaai, artichokes', tablatgeti and pee,e.' I rot ykle tscelleiniyelloeulye„ The
whoat and rice are raised in small (pan- Gayetvier flew. arbre is an ornamental tree,
.very fingular crabs, raytai s an s er s eons, lie 110 T'
There was a singular looking , hawk, of Near° miles. Ib
is
which even the British , museum, in,the of 'Selangor, and northweit of Malec
immensity of its collections, &inlet hoed ThepopulationtOnsistesetehout '14,000 peo
Of a representative. Some fine • tiler and -the rifteene in 1884 Was 420,196:
31ining was largely carried on fofme
reeme •volzes,
a but for the lafftsfew years agriculttral erii3rx!*
•
or 4n:ormolu; hats, were unique in appeat, atitalutve taker), the place of reinlig to
ante. /he- geological -formations, .of the. large .4tent, ; Arabian coffee and rilekon:
islands were repreeented by good sped, aro. grown extensively on the his, and
hems of black and entethystine, quartz, oat; Liberian coffee, eacao,ariqmpeor
nactrite• and ,9ther stone.'A charming e lowlands, areausevisful..11 eetti;
specimen of el and garden was ars() va e This Colonyant the Ztooted
anm
exhibited. Several handsote6 sketches of States made : ai
t nto esting (*bit of
fruits, flowers, etc., were very interesting. their various products,: a fein, of Aa, wo
There was a large variety of specimens of name below Model of a Street
to_hae,co, soap, vanilla, clove's; pore, model of, a • SEM, with a no.ti orAft
tam kin oe -6-6-6.---beans, 'kapok, chocolate, oh it, model of n . Chinese t.
rit
tine both articles -are- inlort6d-17alse. ,-.-very beautiful in.-.0.-spep.ranco. The_ timber
'wheat from the Cape Of Goo IlOpe and is tough and very utable underwater. It
er-elegagetett,tifeboat .1 .i Of London •
A gentiornan"c•--4 4,110 models sulainitteci
eiriart w 4-;
°ming down:edit:war.
grandinciiher
eeenee he ever , one of the. eaddeet
street, illentr '
?DA, between 10 and 11 of.'"
las
Lowed hit e
t night Witnessed ° bk
SSW.fle'Mot an aged woman
yr ler nrms, 'and fol -
With a crying baby ' 1
Nieto goitg 6 inquiring „where the
g who carried a pillo*
Oai her heitd:
that the old w
tit gentleman was left). eY
040, two Child 48 t
baby it, its mod r°11 :find wa"al'ing th I
„ ler, lior datighter) lied° '
booTi a 'oted for dri I
_ _ tentless and pi .d
siliatiol. v1.10114? .1711.11,64ittof t-`0-0‘ org4 :great poalcleee
to jay tho t girl had taken pin vo.'
essential oile,..clrind _rapiffa models of native boats, n ourfons ccet un ottunatei baby n in no,--„, „A°,
Efeea, leaf .ana,tree, • or nativO-Wotilt;'flthreig-grip,letit ote- 1;4 aPPdars-thitt wret / -a." --
ro
c te mother had
een out of jail only a fetw.days