Not far from the town rises a picturesque mountain range.
I received five hours' leave, which I devoted to riding about in all directions through the town in a palanquin, and even going a little distance into the country.

All that I could see resembled what I had already seen at Singapore.

The town itself is not handsome, but the contrary is the case with the country houses, which are all situated in beautiful gardens.

The island is intersected by a great number of excellent roads.
From one of the neighbouring mountains there is said to be a very fine prospect of Pinang, a part of Malacca, and the sea, and, on the road to the mountain, a waterfall.

Unfortunately, the few hours at my disposal did not allow me to see everything.
The greatest portion of the population of this island consists of Chinese, who perform all the manual labour, and engross all the retail trade.
On the 11th of October we saw the small island of Pulo-Rondo, which appertains to Sumatra.