. A sketcher's tour round the world. 3F. P-t r—tCO s SINGAPORE. 375 expected, she had gone to the Roman Catholic priest, in-stead of the Protestant clergyman, and did not discover hermistake until she came on board the Malta. After a fine smooth passage, we arrived at Singapore onthe third day. As we remained here a whole day, I hadsome opportunity of seeing the place. It possesses a goodhotel, kept by a Dutchman, and as it is the meeting-placefor the Dutch steamer from Java, it is visited by a goodmany passengers. The steamer increased our party byseveral from Manilla, amongst whom was the Go
. A sketcher's tour round the world. 3F. P-t r—tCO s SINGAPORE. 375 expected, she had gone to the Roman Catholic priest, in-stead of the Protestant clergyman, and did not discover hermistake until she came on board the Malta. After a fine smooth passage, we arrived at Singapore onthe third day. As we remained here a whole day, I hadsome opportunity of seeing the place. It possesses a goodhotel, kept by a Dutchman, and as it is the meeting-placefor the Dutch steamer from Java, it is visited by a goodmany passengers. The steamer increased our party byseveral from Manilla, amongst whom was the Governor ofthe island, who had brought with him one of the prettylittle white dogs for which Manilla is so famous, and whichI have already described. Singapore is very prettily situated. Being only seventy-five miles from the Equator, it might be expected to beexcessively hot, but the sky is so often overcast, and thereare so many squalls and storms of rain, that the heat is notvery great, and everything looks fresh and green. A smoothg
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