 Javanese, and is much venerated by them. The Company have some warehouses on this island, for salt ; but the chief use they make of it, is as a place of exile for criminals, who are employed in making cordage, and over whom a ship's captain is placed...  Memoirs of a Malayan Family - Page 64by Nakhodā Mūda - 1830 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Johan Splinter Stavorinus - 1798 - 598 pages
...them *. The Company have fome warehoufes on this ifland, for fait ; but the chief ufe they make of it, is as a place of exile for criminals, who are employed in making of cordage ; and over whom a fhip's captain is placed as commandant. * This is the banian-tree, font iitdica, or Indian fig-tree,... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1812 - 1030 pages
...them*. The Company have fome warehoufes on this ifland for fait ; but the chief ufe they make of it, is as a place of exile for criminals, who are employed in making of cordage j and over whom a ihip's captain is placed as commandant. * This it the banian-tree, ficus indica,... | |
 | John Joseph Stockdale - 1812 - 420 pages
...them. The Company have some warehouses on this island, for salt ; but the chief use they make of it, is as a place of exile for criminals, who are employed in making cordage, and over whom a ship's captain is placed as commandant. CHAPTER VI. Causes of the UnJiealthiness... | |
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