RICE CULTURE IN JAVA.--MILITARY AND SOCIAL MATTERS. 387 CHAPTER XXIX. A POST RIDE IN JAVA.--FROM BUITENZORG TO BANDONG. 400 CHAPTER XXX. VISITING A TEA PLANTATION.--PREPARATION OF TEA. 411 CHAPTER XXXI. EASTERN JAVA, LOMBOCK, TIMOR, AND THE ARU ISLANDS. 422 CHAPTER XXXII. WANDERINGS IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.--GOOD-BYE. 435 ILLUSTRATIONS Scene on the Headwaters of the Menam River _Frontispiece_ Map _To face page_ 13 PAGE Hong kong, from Kellet's Island 13 Mary and Effie reading Frank's Letter 15 Arrival of the French Mail Steamer 18 Private Parlor of the "Yuen Fat Hong" 20 A Chinese Boatwoman 21 Frank's Dream 22 Hurricane during the Change of the Monsoon 23 A favoring Monsoon 24 Running before the Trade-wind 25 Rice-fields on the Mekong 28 A Native Woman 30 Street in the Chinese Quarter 31 Plants in the Botanical Garden 32 A New Acquaintance 33 A Mosquito of Saigon 33 Native Gentleman at Saigon 35 View of the French Quarter of Saigon 37 Native Soldiers at Saigon 39 The King of the Beggars 41 View of Cholon 43 A Chinese Family at Cholon 44 A Cab for Two 45 Cambodian Female Head-dress. Ancient Sculpture 47 Plan of the Temple at Nagkon 49 Unfinished Pillars 50 Columns in the Temple 51 Sculptures on the Walls of Nagkon Wat 52 View from the Central Tower of the Temple 54 Gallery of Sculptures 56 Ancient Tower overgrown with Poh-trees 58 Huts of the Priests 59