[196]From the “Illustrated London News,” Oct. 8, 1863.
[197]Wood’s Nat. Hist. of Man, v. I, p. 68.
[198]Meinicke, Inseln des Stillen Oceans, v. I, p. 329.
[199]Wood’s Hist. of Man, v. I, p. 162.
[200]Meinecke, Inseln d still. Oceans, v. I, p. 330.
[201]A conundrum from Java may be interesting to the reader. Here is one,—
Q.—What is lower than the knee, yet higher than the mountain?
A.—The road which crosses the mountain.
[202]De Backer, L’Archipel Indien, p. 185.
[203]De Backer, L’Archipel Indien, p. 207.