. Java and her neighbours; a traveller's notes in Java Celebes, the Moluccas and Sumatra . his direction is the prohibi-tion of photography and sketching in town orharbours without special permit,—a precautionpeculiarly irritating to tourists. The Dutch mail steamer on which we had takenpassage for Tandjong Priok, the port of Batavia,arrived on time from Europe, and, sending theheavy baggage ahead on a bullock-cart in chargeof one of the hotel runners, we bade Raffles Hoteland its smiling manager good-bye and droveto the docks in a ticca-gharry, one of the box-like cabs of India and the Strait
. Java and her neighbours; a traveller's notes in Java Celebes, the Moluccas and Sumatra . his direction is the prohibi-tion of photography and sketching in town orharbours without special permit,—a precautionpeculiarly irritating to tourists. The Dutch mail steamer on which we had takenpassage for Tandjong Priok, the port of Batavia,arrived on time from Europe, and, sending theheavy baggage ahead on a bullock-cart in chargeof one of the hotel runners, we bade Raffles Hoteland its smiling manager good-bye and droveto the docks in a ticca-gharry, one of the box-like cabs of India and the Straits. The steamerwas crowded to the last foot with Dutch armyofficers and civilian officials, planters, merchants,their stout wives and numerous children and ser-vants ; one American family, a handful of Englishand German business men, my two friends andmyself were the only passengers that were notunmistakably from Holland or her colonies. Inview of the crowded conditions we were fortunateto secure accommodations and were not inclinedto grumble, but I found it difficult to find positive.
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