Îles de l'Est : un guide illustré : l'Australie, Nouvelle Guinée, Java, Sumatra . os, sable-mouches, etc., faire anunpleasant plus de l'existence quotidienne. Les forêts abondent withanimal vie de chaque description, de l'orang outang grand bec long et à l'APE, l'éléphant, rhinocéros, buffle et deer panther. Theflora est magnifique dans sa luxuriante profusion, et dans les bois aboundpheasants, perdrix, perroquets, pigeons, etc. Les habitants sont principalement les autochtones, avec un pourcentage équitable ofChinese et arabes. Les produits : bananes, ananas, melons, citrouilles, concombres, cinna 151

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Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . os, sand-flies, etc., make anunpleasant addition to everyday existence. The forests abound withanimal life of every description, from the large orang outang and long-nosed ape to the rhinoceros, elephant, deer, wild oxen and panther. Theflora is magnificent in its luxuriant profusion, and in the woods aboundpheasants, partridges, parrots, doves, etc. The inhabitants are principally natives, with a fair percentage ofChinese and Arabs. The products include bananas, pineapples, melons, pumpkins, 151 cucumbers, cinnamon, pepper, nutmegs, cloves, betel nuts, the deliciousmangosteen (a kind of peach), also tobacco, cotton, sugar, camphor, rubber, etc. Of late years mining has been successfully carried on, oil forming noinconsiderable part of that industry, the port for export being BalikPapan. CELEBES. The extensive shipping facilities offered by the Royal Packet SteamNavigation Company (K.P.M.) make it possible for tourists to visit thewhole of the Molucca Archipelago with east and comfort.. A K.P.M. steamer Loading Wood, Celebes. The Island of Celebes is reached from Sourabaya in about thirty-sixhours, and from Macassar, the principal port, a number of highly inter-esting and pleasure excursions can be undertaken by steamer, the routepractically encircling the whole of the Island. SINGAPORE. Singapore, the capital of the British Straits Settlements, is situated on an island of the same name, east of Sumatra and separated from the mainland by a narrov„strait some three-quarters SINGAPORE. of a mile in width. The city is built on the shores of a beautiful and extensive harbour well protected, owing to its excellent position, from, adverse winds, and may be likened to the intersection of very busy streets. For here all shipping from the Eastern and Western Hemispheres must cross, which has given rise to the name of The Cross Roads. Entering this picturesque harbour, a loxely iew is unfolde

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