And now, kind and honoured Reader, the task which I promised to undertake for you is fulfilled, and may the artless narrative of a seaman, containing not unimportant contributions to a knowledge of countries seldom visited or described, be acceptable to you. The countries visited by me are, as Dutch possessions, of the highest importance to every Netherlander, while, at the same time, the simple description of the habits and disposition of their inhabitants may afford matter for speculation. If, by the composition of this narrative, I have rendered myself serviceable to the reading world, or contributed to afford entertainment, then shall I be most amply repaid for the time employed in its compilation.--Farewell! FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 51: A tope is a native-decked vessel, with three masts, and sails resembling lugs. Some are of considerable size, but the present one measured only twenty tons.] [Footnote 52: It is from these that the shell, so much prized for combs and fancy articles, is obtained.--_Translator._] [Footnote 53: The thirteen pieces, which form the shell of the turtle, are called collectively a "head of tortoise-shell."] THE END. E. Brewster, Printer, Hand Court, Dowgate. _8 Leadenhall Street, London._ NEW WORKS PUBLISHING BY JAMES MADDEN & Co. (Late PARBURY & Co.) In one thick Volume Octavo, with Maps, Dedicated to Sir R. Jenkins, G.C.B.M.P. and Chairman of the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. MAJOR SIR WILLIAM LLOYD'S NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY From Cawnpoor to the Boorendo Pass in the Himalaya Mountains, viâ Gwalior, Agra, Delhi, and Serhind; and Captain ALEXANDER GERARD'S Account of the Snowy Passes on the Hither Himalaya, and also of his Attempt to penetrate by Bekhur to Garoo and the Lake Manasarowara; with a Letter from the late J.G. Gerard, Esq. detailing his Visit to the Shatool and Borendo Passes, for the purpose of determining the line of perpetual Snow on the Hither Himalaya, &c. &c. &c. Edited by George Lloyd. On the First of February, 1840, will be published Volume I. of A NEW EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA, BY THE LATE JAMES MILL, ESQ., With Notes and Illustrations, and a Continuation of the History, by H.H. WILSON, ESQ., M.A., F.R.S., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, and of the Asiatic Societies of Paris and Bengal; of the Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow; of the Royal Academies of Berlin and Munich; PH.D. in the University of Breslau; and Professor of Sanscrit in the University of Oxford, &c. &c. The Work will consist of Eight Volumes Octavo, to be published In Succession. In One Volume Post Octavo, Price Seven Shillings and Sixpence, 350 pages, closely printed and bound in cloth, THE EAST INDIA VOYAGER. By EMMA ROBERTS.