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The account records a traveler’s journey through Singapore and across Java, moving from coastal ports and Batavia into kampongs, hill stations, plantations, and market towns. It combines vivid descriptions of tropical gardens, volcanic landscapes, rice cultivation, and the colonial culture system with attentive observations of Javanese daily life, crafts, performances, and religious sites. Detailed sections examine major temple and archaeological complexes, regional courts and ceremonies, and the practicalities of travel, while also reflecting on labor, plantation society, and the aesthetic pleasures of scenery and local arts.

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Title: Java

The garden of the East

Author: Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

Release date: January 12, 2024 [eBook #72699]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: The Century Co, 1897

Credits: Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Java

The Garden of the East

MALAYS DIVING FOR MONEY.

Java

The Garden of the East

By
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
Author of “Jinrikisha Days in Japan”

New York
The Century Co.
1898

Copyright, 1897,
By The Century Co.

The DeVinne Press