Singaporean

“About mid-day, yesterday, intelligence was received [in?] Town that a Tiger had been kidnapped about three miles out in the Country, or jungle, […] No sooner had the news spread abroad than Offices and high stools were abandoned and such a furbishing up of rusty fire arms took place as had not been witnessed since the foundation of the City. Any one ignorant of the cause might have supposed from the long array of armed hack palankeen carriages that some unknown enemy had landed in the back settlements of Bukit Timah and that nothing but the flower of Singaporean chivalry could serve to stem the torrent of invasion.”

“In Singaporean gardens the rarest of moth orchids are planted in cocoanut-shells and hung from the verandahs, or placed on the mango or orange trees on the lawn, where they soon establish themselves. How many English orchid amateurs would wish for such a genial clime.”

“[T]he second place was warmly contested by a lad from Macao and a Singaporean, and after a separate examination in History, Astronomy and Geography, in which some very difficult questions were put by the examiners generally, assisted by Dr. [William] Montgomerie—it was decided in favour of the former.”

“A great deal has been done for Singapore by gangs of convicts from Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, who, under an experienced and able superintendent, have cut and made excellent roads, that now extend east, west, north, and south, for several miles. […] [T]hey [the roads] also add much to the enjoyment of the Singaporean, by enabling him to extend his ride or drive of an evening.”