It is not so very long ago since Mr. Lucy wrote that a man in search of "pastures new" might do worse than try Japan. I would add that, having tried Japan (and who has not?), he might do worse than take to Java. Here, in an island where the business of the great world is heard only as the murmur of a neighbouring stream, he will find an ancient and interesting civilization still existing, some vast Hindu ruins, and the gardens of Buitenzorg.
Footnotes:
[31] "Memoir of Sir Stamford Raffles, by his widow." 1830.
[32] "Memoir of Sir Stamford Raffles."
[33] The Mexican dollar, which varies in value, but is worth about four shillings.
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
Inconsistencies in the hyphenation of words preserved. (cocoanut, cocoa-nut; crosspiece, cross-piece; ricefields, rice-fields)
Footnote 4, the text in the footnote refers to an "Appendix" but the title at the actual location is "Annex". Original word "Appendix" is retained.