Excerpt from Lady's Second Journey Round the World, Vol. 2 of 2: From London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, Etc;, California, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and the United States We met many packhorses, mostly carrying rice to the harbour of pare-pare; and besides these there were so many others ranging about in wild freedom, that horses appeared to constitute the chief popula tion of the country. The kings of this region keep great studs, and make large sums as horse-dealers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.