Chapter XII: Java

Old and New Batavia.--Splendid reception.--Scientific
societies.--Public institutions.--Natives.--A Malay embassy.--
Excursion into the interior.--Buitenzorg.--The Botanic Garden.--
The Negro.--Prince Aquasie Boachi.--Pondok-Gedeh.--The infirmary
at Gadok, and Dr. Bernstein.--Megamendoeng.--Javanese villages.--
Tjipannas.--Ascent of Pangerango.--Forest scenery.--Javanese
resting-houses or Pasanggrahans.--Night and morning on the
summit of the volcano.--Visit to Gunung Gedeh.--The plantations
of Peruvian bark-trees in Tjipodas.--Their actual condition.--
Conjectures as to the future.--Voyage to Bandong.--Spots where
edible swallows' nests are found.--Hospitable reception by a
Javanese prince.--Visit to Dr. Junghuhn in Lembang.--Coffee
cultivation.--Decay in value of the coffee bean of Java.--
Professor Vriese and the coffee planters of Java.--Free trade
and monopoly.--Compulsory and free labour.--Ascent of the
volcano of Tangkuban Prahu.--Poison Crater and King's Crater.--A
geological excursion to a portion of the Preanger Regency.--
Native fete given by the Javanese Regent of Tjiangoer.--A day at
the Governor-general's country-seat at Buitenzorg.--Return to
Batavia.--Ball given by the military club in honour of the
Novara.--Raden Saleh, a Javanese artist.--Barracks and prisons.--
Meester Cornelis.--French opera.--Constant changes among the
European society.--Aims of the colonial government.--Departure
from Batavia.--Pleasant voyage.--An English ship with Chinese
Coolies.--Bay of Manila.--Arrival in Cavite harbour. 180