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picting native subjects it is certainly a fine, ani- mated scene, boldly conceived and executed in a masterly style.
After inspecting the paintings, the artist took us into his grounds, which are tastefully laid out, and showed us a new house he was having built after a peculiar style of his own, I asked him whether there were any other Javanese artists who had at- tained to proficiency in the art, and he replied, not that he was aware of, adding humorously : '"' Cafe et sucre, siicre et cafe, sont tout-ce quon parte ici. C"est vraiernent un air tride jjour tin artiste.^'
Next mornins we bade adieu to Batavia, and on the second day touched at Mintok, where we went on shore for an hour or two. The third day saw us at Rhio, and on the noon of the fourth we hailed (jnce more the deej), well-sheltered harbour of Singa- pore ; its hills, verdant plantations, and white line of spacious houses facing the sea, opening before
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