. Java and her neighbours; a traveller's notes in Java Celebes, the Moluccas and Sumatra . rt Bameveld, which, if we mayjudge from the date on the wall near the entrance,was built in 1613. Unfortunately a fire burnedout the inside of the fort in 1883, but the exterioris still in good condition and affords a splendid ideaof the fortifications of its time. It has a moat,salient angles, parapets, and all the features of alarger work. Over the entrance is carved a largecoat-of-arms,—that of Zealand,—a lion rampant,holding a sword and money-bag, with a small shipin the lower comer. A few steps from
. Java and her neighbours; a traveller's notes in Java Celebes, the Moluccas and Sumatra . rt Bameveld, which, if we mayjudge from the date on the wall near the entrance,was built in 1613. Unfortunately a fire burnedout the inside of the fort in 1883, but the exterioris still in good condition and affords a splendid ideaof the fortifications of its time. It has a moat,salient angles, parapets, and all the features of alarger work. Over the entrance is carved a largecoat-of-arms,—that of Zealand,—a lion rampant,holding a sword and money-bag, with a small shipin the lower comer. A few steps from the fort is asmall enclosure containing tomb-slabs of the firstDutch commissioner to Batjan, who died here inthe middle of the last century, and of one SamuelScurff, boatswain of the English yacht Mar-chesa, who died at sea and was buried here in1883. Flowing into the bay near the northern end ofthe village we found a shallow, muddy stream,said to be frequented a few miles above by croco-diles. Over it a plank bridge, ingeniously con-structed of the split trunks of the areca palm,. CRUISING AMONG THE MOLUCCAS i6i leads to sago swamps and the plantations cakes are a chief article of diet in theseislands and are made by the natives from a starchproduced by crushing the pith of the tree, mixingit with water, and straining. Nature has alsoblessed the inhabitants with a bountiful supplyof fruits, and the waters of the bay are alive withfish. In the forests, towards the interior, troopsof wild cattle, descended from tame ones intro-duced by the early European arrivals, roam aboutin considerable numbers, and wild boar and deerare also common. Deer-hunts are great eventsin the lives of the natives, contests of individualspeed and endurance, in which the winners are re-warded by great popularity and prestige. Thesehunts are conducted on foot and spears are usedas weapons. Black baboons are also a featureof the animal life of Batjan, and are tamed andkept as household pe
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