Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China, Vol. 2 (of 2)

A naturalist's travel journal records coastal and urban voyages through Southeast Asia and southern China, blending political and commercial observations with detailed natural history. The narrative describes negotiations and local power struggles on a timber and betel-nut coast, visits to ports and settlements, and attempts to engage with Chinese trade and institutions. Extensive descriptions catalogue birds, mammals, plants, and cultivated gardens, and the author documents museum and aviary collections, field dissections, and botanical excursions. Interspersed are sketches of local markets, temples, manufacturing practices, and the social landscape encountered at ports and suburban gardens.