riage by
night, and is suffering grievously because he is unable to
carry on his lawful occupation of plying by hire, by reason of
the dire fear that besetteth him. It hath come to the ears of
thy servant and of his fellows, that the Ang Moh's engineers do
seek a sacrifice to appease the offended gods of earth and
water, whom they have outraged by disturbing his habitation on
the hill that standeth behind the office of the Tye Jin, which
they of India call Ko-mis-a-yat. The said engineers, perchance
from ignorance, have neglected to consult the wise ones of
earth-lore as to the means to be taken to please the said
spirits, who have consequently so tormented the Ang Moh that
they seek a sacrifice. Not of the rich and family-blessed, who
would make a complaint to the Government, if they were
sacrificed; but of us poor and friendless man-power-carriage
coolies, who in the exercise of our nightly avocation are
called to distant parts of the town, where the knife that is
invisible will speedily sever the head from the body, and the
cloth that is impenetrable will stifle the last cry of him that
hath none to avenge, and our heads go to make the water run
within the pipe, and make firm the foundations of this new
water hole.

Let the engineers make the necessary sacrifices, that we may go
without fear and trembling to those who call us, with mighty
voice and thick, to go to Si Poi Poh. Then shall we receive the
reward of the Ang Moh's gratitude, far exceeding that of they
who aforetime dwelt in the land, or of our brothers of the
Celestial Empire.

HAK-CHEW.

Index

Alquada Reef lighthouse, 112.

Andaman Islands, 21, 143.

_Anecdotal History_, on Singapore, etc., convicts, 47, 67.

Balfour, Dr. Edward: opinion of Singapore jail, 182.

"Bastiani," exporter of pine-apples to Europe, 60.

Begbie, Captain, 43.

Belcher, Sir Edward, R.N., 61.

Bencoolen, First penal settlement at, 1-3.
Sir Stamford Raffles' letters on treatment of convicts at, 4-8.
Transfer of convicts from, to Penang, 8.
Transfer of convicts from, to Singapore, 39.

"Bencoolen Rules" in force at Singapore, 43.

Bennett, Mr. John, 61, 74.

Beri-beri disease, 149.

Blundell, Hon. Edmund Augustus, 73.

Branding, 12.

Bricks, Dearth of, at Singapore in 1844, 58.

Bricks made by convicts, 110, 174.

Brodhurst, Mr.