FOOTNOTES
[1] See Sir Stamford Raffles’s “History of Java,” Appendix A.
[2] “Max Havelaar,” by Edouard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli); translation by Baron Nahuys (Edinburgh, 1868).
[3] See “A Visit to Java,” W. Basil Worsfold, London, 1893.
[4] Holland has a population of 359 to the square mile (December 31, 1892), and Belgium a population of 540 to the square mile. French statisticians are confident that Java will soon surpass Belgium in the density of its population.
[5] Vide “Six Semaines à Java,” par Désiré de Charnay (“Le Tour du Monde,” volume for 1880).
[6] “Le Tour du Monde,” “Six Semaines à Java,” par M. Désiré de Charnay, volume for 1880.
[7] Majapahit, capital of the eastern empire, was near the modern Soerabaya.
[8] Pajajaran, capital of the western empire, was near the modern Batavia.
[9] The Royal Society gives an estimate of seventeen miles as the height of this great column of smoke.