. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. py commodious and tasteful residences, built front-ing the bay. There is a striking contrast in the dwellings of those who havesettled in this thriving place, between the elegant and convenient town andcountry houses of the colonial ofl&cials and merchants, and the ill ventilatedand filthy domiciles of the Chinese, or the frail tenements of the latter ordinarily select some marshy ground in the suburbs, near a roador pathway, and rear upon piles their wooden houses, the only entrance towhich is by me
. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. py commodious and tasteful residences, built front-ing the bay. There is a striking contrast in the dwellings of those who havesettled in this thriving place, between the elegant and convenient town andcountry houses of the colonial ofl&cials and merchants, and the ill ventilatedand filthy domiciles of the Chinese, or the frail tenements of the latter ordinarily select some marshy ground in the suburbs, near a roador pathway, and rear upon piles their wooden houses, the only entrance towhich is by means of temporary bridges, often constructed of a single plank. The prosperity of Singapore, so apparent even to the casual observer, ismainly to be attributed to the sagacious and energetic Sir Stamford Eaffles,who pursued with untiring zeal, in spite of the opposition of many in high-er authority, his determined purpose of carrying out his favorite projectsof policy in the administration of the colony. The population at the period of the Mississippis visit was estimated at.
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