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and a heavy iron-like sprout, with a solid, knobby head, called a “Venang Lawyer.’’ The origin of this name i cou'd not asver~ tain, but when polished into a cane [can imagine that it would furnish “ knoek- down arguments” on a dry, kuatty point of jaw to any belligerent member of the tegal profession.
The stree's are wide, and near the harbor ate large warehouses filled with pepper, nutmegs and other spices, of which Pe~ nang is one of tha greatest shipping ports in the world. After alock st the fort and publi buildings, all of which are meat sub: stantially bailt and guarded by dark ekinned maiive eoldiera in red costa, we take a gharry and drive a few miles into «the cauntry to 3 famous waterfall at the foot of Meunt Pleasant.” which rises abruptly fram the plain two thousand feet and com- manda #eplondid view of the harbor ancl the shipping. The roads are smooth snd shaded by encoanut, nutmeg and bread-fruit trees. Banenes and plantaine stretch their loag waves over hedges of bamboo, and the bungalows of Europeans seam almost buried ia the Juxuriant vegetation. The housce of the Malayans are all built on posts, thus in- euring dryness during the rainy season, al- lowing a free circulation of air, and Keep- ing out gnekes and ather vermin. The entrance is by a ladder, and on this the mistress of the house is usually lounging, with half a dezen or more naked urchins playing arouud, while the father lies asleep in ithe shade of hig domicile. Nobody is at work, and nature, in the pro- fuseness of her gifts, seems here to have re- Vieved man from the injunciioa to earn his bread by the awest of bis face.
At the end of our drive we came to the Alexendra Hotel and Bathing Hstablish- lishment, kept by au Englishman, whose circular inviting us to visit bis place which is described ss “s marvel of beauty, em~ bowered in mosses snd flowering plants, Where the murmuring flow of crystal streams delight the oar and intoxicate the Renses,”’ was put in our hands on landing from tha steamer. We find the waterfall and bathe, and the Busyalow or Hotel, eur- Tounded by shade trees and covered by the blessome of bright tropieal flowers, quite up to the high flown deseription, A pretty mountain eiream comes tumbling down the ravine, Gashing in spray from rock to rock, and concucted through a series of bath-rooms cut in the solid reek. The
