Excerpt from Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China, Vol. 2 of 2: Being the Journal of a Naturalist in Those Countries, During in 1832, 1833, and 1834
The jesuits' church and college of San J osé - The gardens Sail from Macao for Singapore - Pass Pedro Blanca - Island of Singapore - The town - Treaty for the cession of the island to the British - Hills - Salubrity of the settlement European burial-ground Vicinity of the settlement Government hill - Grand prospect - Commercial prosperity.
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