From a Sketch by Chinnery. Pub: by R. Bentley, London, 1834. T. Clark, sc.
Dutch & English portion of the European Factory at Canton.
WANDERINGS
IN
NEW SOUTH WALES,
BATAVIA, PEDIR COAST, SINGAPORE,
AND CHINA;
BEING
THE JOURNAL OF A NATURALIST
IN THOSE COUNTRIES, DURING 1832, 1833, AND 1834.
BY
GEORGE BENNETT, Esq. F.L.S.
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, &c.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty.
1834.
LONDON:
IBOTSON AND PALMER, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.
CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Pedir coast—Treaty with the Acheenese—Anarchy—Syed Hussain’s claims—Trade in the Areka-nut—Visit to the Village of Gingham—Negociation for the restoration of a Penang brig—An amulet—Visit of the Rajahs to the Queen—Gingham—Trade of the coast | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Arrive at Singapore, and sail for China—The Lemma Islands—Their inhabitants—Boats—Hong Kong Islands—Dr. Abel’s visit to the shore—A pilot’s surprise—Cap, Sing, Moon—Cum, Sing, Moon—Outlaw ships—Trade in opium—Researches about the hills—Botanica productions—Macao—Its streets—Vain endeavours to open a trade with the Chinese ports—The Rev. C. Gutzlaff— Harbour of Macao—Jealousy of the Chinese government—Fruit Wang, hee canes—The Casa Garden—Cave of Camoens—Tributary verses to that poet | [16] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Museum at Macao—Mr. Beale’s splendid aviary and gardens—The Paradise bird—Natural history of this splendid creature—Anecdotes—Superb magpie—Loris—Description of the aviary | [35] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Reeve’s pheasants—Golden pheasants—Silver pheasants—Blue pigeons—Stabbed-breast pigeons—Widow birds—The horned Tragopan—The mandarin teal—Conjugal fidelity—Nicobar pigeons—Peacock pheasants—Pink cockatoo—The Ounderou monkey—A Pitta—Mr. Beale’s gardens—Rare productions of the vegetable kingdom—Native drawings—Extortionate custom | [55] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Leave Macao for Whampoa—Entrance to the Bocca Tigris—Country about Chuen, pee—Scene at Whampoa—Approach to Canton—The town and suburbs—The sailor’s coffee-shop—Selling by weight—Dwarf orange trees—The tea shrub—Visit to the celebrated Fa-tee gardens—Topics of conversation—Exaggeration—Rambles in the suburbs—The city gate—Manufactories—Sandal-wood | [81] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Visit to the Temple of Honan—Colossal figures—The priesthood—Votive offerings—Mummery—Holy pigs—Their corpulency—The hall of the factory—Duck-boats—Alabaster—Chinese snake—Leave Canton and return to Macao—Visit the Lappa Island—Hill-pines—Mass of granite rocks—Their sonorous qualities—Tanka-boats—Chinese burial-grounds—Cassilhas Bay—Manufacture of ropes—Portuguese ladies at Macao—Origin of that name—Another temple near Macao | [107] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Jesuits’ church and college of San José—The gardens—Sail from Macao for Singapore—Pass Pedro Blanco—Island of Singapore—The town—Treaty for the cession of the island to the British—Hills—Salubrity of the settlement—European burial-ground—Vicinity of the settlement—Government hill—Grand prospect—Commercial prosperity—New roads | [124] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Description of an Ungka ape—His habits—Anecdotes of him—His death—Dissection | [142] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Botanic Garden—The Croton tiglium—The true Camphor-tree—The Malaleuca Kayu-puteh—Excursion into the interior of the island—Botanical productions—Chinese farms and plantations—Pepper harvest—Plantain-trees—Gambir plantations—Boiling houses—Cultivation and preparation of Gambir—Dense vegetation of the Jungles—Establishment of a Chinese-planter | [174] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Excursion further inland—Dense forest—An extensive swamp—Parasitical plants—Fungi—The pitcher plant—Return to Singapore—The wild pine-apple—Use of that plant—Manufactory of pearl sago—Visit to the Rajah of Johore—Interview with his Highness—Excursion to St. John’s Island—Pulo Panjang—Impenetrable jungle—New Harbour—Agar-agar | [202] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Sail for England—Crowned Pigeons—Straits of Dryan—Banca Straits—Zutphen Islands—Escape and re-capture of a crowned pigeon—Death of one of those birds—Dissection—Pass the Cape of Good Hope—Fine weather—The trumpet weed—Volcanic rocks—St. Helena—Buttermilk Point—James’s Town—Ficus Religiosa—Over-population of James’s Town—Visit to the late residence of Napoleon | [228] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Tomb of Napoleon—The willows—Contrasted feelings of the French and English visitors to Buonaparte’s grave—Fish—Sail from St. Helena—Island of Ascension—Frigate birds—Shark, Sucking, and Pilot Fish—The Sargasso weed—Condition of the Crowned pigeons—A swallow captured during migration—Temperature—Arrival at Gravesend | [246] |
| APPENDIX. | |
| Cocoa-nut tree | [295] |
| Morbid Appetite in Sheep | [343] |
| The Albatross | [357] |
| Notes on the Plantain and Banana Tree | [399] |
| The Inhabitant of the Nautilus Pompilius | [406] |
| On the habits of the Viverra Mussunga, or Java Cat | [412] |
| Luminosity of the Ocean | [421] |
| Treaty between the British and Acheenese governments | [424] |
[Page 243], line 19, after island, insert with passengers of the French nation.