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Инструменты Режимы отображения	Детали Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Номер объектаS1970-0052-007-0 НазваниеManuscript, Double-sided СоздательCharles Dyce Описание“their arrival, were fearfully thrashed by the Malay-boys_ The Sampan is only in use about Singapore and the neighbouring Islansd_ At Penang or Malacca, they are rarely seen_ The Roadstead is beautifully adapted for yachting, but ”young Singapore” does not at present seem nautically disposed_ A Revival took place some years ago, when one or two possible regattas came off but al has again been dormant or nearly so_ Prizes are annually contested for by native boats of all denominations both pulling and sailing and sometimes beautiful races are the consequence_ The scenery of the Straits is generally admired but possesses nothing of a very imposing character, being generally a succession of small green Islands and smooth lake like sheets of water, which are seldom ruffled except by an occasional Sqwall, while on shore either on the Peninsul or on the Islands it is tame in the extreme at least the uncultivated part_ little or no variety exists & one scene will give a very good idea of the whole_ Sketch VI is a fair representation of the general appearance and is taken from a gentlemans House on an elevation overlooking new Harbour_. In the VII drawing the old passage for vessels coming through the Straits of Singapore is hown_ The Flag staff is now removed from”Blakan Mati” on account of its extreme insalubrity, to a hill on Singapore itself and the passage is now only made use of by boats and the small Government Steamers, which thus save some ten miles of distance on their route to the other settlements_ Passing through new Harbour and rounding the Point the appearance of the town is shown in Sketch No VIII and the lofty spire is that of the Roman Catholic Church just erected_ The large octagonal building is the market, or rather the old one, since a new and handsome building has just been erected in another part of the town_ Notwithstanding the large population, extent of commerce and apparent fertility of the soil, agriculture generally has made but little progress in the Island_ that this should be the case during the early years of the settlement, when the population was comparatively small and found ample and much more remunerative employment in trading is not to be wondered at, but now when its numbers have so much encreased, as to be redundant, one would naturally suppose that some attention would be paid to producing in the Island all, or at least a portion of the necessaries of life, for which it is at present dependant on its neighbors._ With the exception of a few vegetables and these of the commonest and coarsest description few fruits and fish every other article of food is imported, nay to such an extent does this” (Sketches in the Straits, Nineteenth - century watercolours and manuscript of Singapore, Malacca, Penang and Batavia by Charles Dyce, Page 93) “pervade, that of the main staple of food for all classes vizt Rice and of which the consumption is annually above 4,00,000 piculs or 24000 Tons, perhaps not one hundred piculs are grown on the Island._ As a natural consequence provisions of all sorts are subject to constantand vexatious fluctuations & Rice, the food of the poor, reaches sometimes an almost unattainable price prodicing a great extent of misery and crime amongst the neighbouring classes._ Pine Apples are cultivated or rather grown for they require no care or attention whatever, to a large extent by the Chinese, on the FlagstaffIsland and all those adjoining_ the prices however sometimes are so low as to be hardly sufficient to afford subsistence to the labourers conveying them to the Singapore markets_ A slice of Pine is much prized by a coolie in a hot day and to a passer by, the fragrace of an itinerant hawker of pines as he sits with his jar of water and little tray of fresh sliced pine apples is very delicious_ the retail price is something under a Dollar per hundred. The only products of the Island are, Gambier Pepper, nutmegs Sugar & Sago, although the latter is not grown, but merely undergoes a process of washing and granulation, whereby it is made fit for the Europe market_ in its crude state as brought from the neighbouring Islands it would not bear exportation. The largest supplies are obtained in Borneo and the article in its original state resembles fresh fallen snow and is sent across in small conical shaped bundles wrapped up in dried leabes of the Sago tree_ Sago differs from all similar substances as Arrowroot Tapioca Starch & inasmuch as the first is procured from the pith’ of a tree while the others are all obtained from the root_ The Cassada or Tapioca tree grows in great abundance all over the archipelago and from late experiments, the quality is found to be very superior and most beneficial for asthmatic subjects.” (Sketches in the Straits, Nineteenth - century watercolours and manuscript of Singapore, Malacca, Penang and Batavia by Charles Dyce, Page 94) Место изготовленияSingapore Дата 1816 - 1853 НаименованиеManuscript МатериалWatercolour & ink on paper Размерность H: 75.3 cm L: 60.6 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Номер объектаS1970-0052-007-0

НазваниеManuscript, Double-sided

СоздательCharles Dyce

Описание“their arrival, were fearfully thrashed by the Malay-boys_ The Sampan is only in use about Singapore and the neighbouring Islansd_ At Penang or Malacca, they are rarely seen_ The Roadstead is beautifully adapted for yachting, but ”young Singapore” does not at present seem nautically disposed_ A Revival took place some years ago, when one or two possible regattas came off but al has again been dormant or nearly so_ Prizes are annually contested for by native boats of all denominations both pulling and sailing and sometimes beautiful races are the consequence_ The scenery of the Straits is generally admired but possesses nothing of a very imposing character, being generally a succession of small green Islands and smooth lake like sheets of water, which are seldom ruffled except by an occasional Sqwall, while on shore either on the Peninsul or on the Islands it is tame in the extreme at least the uncultivated part_ little or no variety exists & one scene will give a very good idea of the whole_ Sketch VI is a fair representation of the general appearance and is taken from a gentlemans House on an elevation overlooking new Harbour_. In the VII drawing the old passage for vessels coming through the Straits of Singapore is hown_ The Flag staff is now removed from”Blakan Mati” on account of its extreme insalubrity, to a hill on Singapore itself and the passage is now only made use of by boats and the small Government Steamers, which thus save some ten miles of distance on their route to the other settlements_ Passing through new Harbour and rounding the Point the appearance of the town is shown in Sketch No VIII and the lofty spire is that of the Roman Catholic Church just erected_ The large octagonal building is the market, or rather the old one, since a new and handsome building has just been erected in another part of the town_ Notwithstanding the large population, extent of commerce and apparent fertility of the soil, agriculture generally has made but little progress in the Island_ that this should be the case during the early years of the settlement, when the population was comparatively small and found ample and much more remunerative employment in trading is not to be wondered at, but now when its numbers have so much encreased, as to be redundant, one would naturally suppose that some attention would be paid to producing in the Island all, or at least a portion of the necessaries of life, for which it is at present dependant on its neighbors._ With the exception of a few vegetables and these of the commonest and coarsest description few fruits and fish every other article of food is imported, nay to such an extent does this” (Sketches in the Straits, Nineteenth - century watercolours and manuscript of Singapore, Malacca, Penang and Batavia by Charles Dyce, Page 93) “pervade, that of the main staple of food for all classes vizt Rice and of which the consumption is annually above 4,00,000 piculs or 24000 Tons, perhaps not one hundred piculs are grown on the Island._ As a natural consequence provisions of all sorts are subject to constantand vexatious fluctuations & Rice, the food of the poor, reaches sometimes an almost unattainable price prodicing a great extent of misery and crime amongst the neighbouring classes._ Pine Apples are cultivated or rather grown for they require no care or attention whatever, to a large extent by the Chinese, on the FlagstaffIsland and all those adjoining_ the prices however sometimes are so low as to be hardly sufficient to afford subsistence to the labourers conveying them to the Singapore markets_ A slice of Pine is much prized by a coolie in a hot day and to a passer by, the fragrace of an itinerant hawker of pines as he sits with his jar of water and little tray of fresh sliced pine apples is very delicious_ the retail price is something under a Dollar per hundred. The only products of the Island are, Gambier Pepper, nutmegs Sugar & Sago, although the latter is not grown, but merely undergoes a process of washing and granulation, whereby it is made fit for the Europe market_ in its crude state as brought from the neighbouring Islands it would not bear exportation. The largest supplies are obtained in Borneo and the article in its original state resembles fresh fallen snow and is sent across in small conical shaped bundles wrapped up in dried leabes of the Sago tree_ Sago differs from all similar substances as Arrowroot Tapioca Starch & inasmuch as the first is procured from the pith’ of a tree while the others are all obtained from the root_ The Cassada or Tapioca tree grows in great abundance all over the archipelago and from late experiments, the quality is found to be very superior and most beneficial for asthmatic subjects.” (Sketches in the Straits, Nineteenth - century watercolours and manuscript of Singapore, Malacca, Penang and Batavia by Charles Dyce, Page 94)

Место изготовленияSingapore

Дата 1816 - 1853

НаименованиеManuscript

МатериалWatercolour & ink on paper

Размерность

H: 75.3 cm
L: 60.6 cm

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