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During
the
afternoon
of
Wednesday
,
30th
October
,
the
Rangoon
entered
the
Strait
of
Malacca
,
which
separates
the
peninsula
of
that
name
from
Sumatra
.
The
mountainous
and
craggy
islets
intercepted
the
beauties
of
this
noble
island
from
the
view
of
the
travellers
.
The
Rangoon
weighed
anchor
at
Singapore
the
next
day
at
four
a.
m.
,
to
receive
coal
,
having
gained
half
a
day
on
the
prescribed
time
of
her
arrival
.
Phileas
Fogg
noted
this
gain
in
his
journal
,
and
then
,
accompanied
by
Aouda
,
who
betrayed
a
desire
for
a
walk
on
shore
,
disembarked
.
Fix
,
who
suspected
Mr.
Fogg
's
every
movement
,
followed
them
cautiously
,
without
being
himself
perceived
;
while
Passepartout
,
laughing
in
his
sleeve
at
Fix
's
manoeuvres
,
went
about
his
usual
errands
.
The
island
of
Singapore
is
not
imposing
in
aspect
,
for
there
are
no
mountains
;
yet
its
appearance
is
not
without
attractions
.
It
is
a
park
checkered
by
pleasant
highways
and
avenues
.
A
handsome
carriage
,
drawn
by
a
sleek
pair
of
New
Holland
horses
,
carried
Phileas
Fogg
and
Aouda
into
the
midst
of
rows
of
palms
with
brilliant
foliage
,
and
of
clove-trees
,
whereof
the
cloves
form
the
heart
of
a
half-open
flower
.
Pepper
plants
replaced
the
prickly
hedges
of
European
fields
;
sago-bushes
,
large
ferns
with
gorgeous
branches
,
varied
the
aspect
of
this
tropical
clime
;
while
nutmeg-trees
in
full
foliage
filled
the
air
with
a
penetrating
perfume
.
Agile
and
grinning
bands
of
monkeys
skipped
about
in
the
trees
,
nor
were
tigers
wanting
in
the
jungles
.
After
a
drive
of
two
hours
through
the
country
,
Aouda
and
Mr.
Fogg
returned
to
the
town
,
which
is
a
vast
collection
of
heavy-looking
,
irregular
houses
,
surrounded
by
charming
gardens
rich
in
tropical
fruits
and
plants
;
and
at
ten
o'clock
they
re-embarked
,
closely
followed
by
the
detective
,
who
had
kept
them
constantly
in
sight
.
Passepartout
,
who
had
been
purchasing
several
dozen
mangoes
--
a
fruit
as
large
as
good-sized
apples
,
of
a
dark-brown
colour
outside
and
a
bright
red
within
,
and
whose
white
pulp
,
melting
in
the
mouth
,
affords
gourmands
a
delicious
sensation
--
was
waiting
for
them
on
deck
.
He
was
only
too
glad
to
offer
some
mangoes
to
Aouda
,
who
thanked
him
very
gracefully
for
them
.
At
eleven
o'clock
the
Rangoon
rode
out
of
Singapore
harbour
,
and
in
a
few
hours
the
high
mountains
of
Malacca
,
with
their
forests
,
inhabited
by
the
most
beautifully-furred
tigers
in
the
world
,
were
lost
to
view
.
Singapore
is
distant
some
thirteen
hundred
miles
from
the
island
of
Hong
Kong
,
which
is
a
little
English
colony
near
the
Chinese
coast
.
Phileas
Fogg
hoped
to
accomplish
the
journey
in
six
days
,
so
as
to
be
in
time
for
the
steamer
which
would
leave
on
the
6th
of
November
for
Yokohama
,
the
principal
Japanese
port
.
The
Rangoon
had
a
large
quota
of
passengers
,
many
of
whom
disembarked
at
Singapore
,
among
them
a
number
of
Indians
,
Ceylonese
,
Chinamen
,
Malays
,
and
Portuguese
,
mostly
second-class
travellers
.
The
weather
,
which
had
hitherto
been
fine
,
changed
with
the
last
quarter
of
the
moon
.
The
sea
rolled
heavily
,
and
the
wind
at
intervals
rose
almost
to
a
storm
,
but
happily
blew
from
the
south-west
,
and
thus
aided
the
steamer
's
progress
.
The
captain
as
often
as
possible
put
up
his
sails
,
and
under
the
double
action
of
steam
and
sail
the
vessel
made
rapid
progress
along
the
coasts
of
Anam
and
Cochin
China
.
Owing
to
the
defective
construction
of
the
Rangoon
,
however
,
unusual
precautions
became
necessary
in
unfavourable
weather
;
but
the
loss
of
time
which
resulted
from
this
cause
,
while
it
nearly
drove
Passepartout
out
of
his
senses
,
did
not
seem
to
affect
his
master
in
the
least
.
Passepartout
blamed
the
captain
,
the
engineer
,
and
the
crew
,
and
consigned
all
who
were
connected
with
the
ship
to
the
land
where
the
pepper
grows
.
Perhaps
the
thought
of
the
gas
,
which
was
remorselessly
burning
at
his
expense
in
Saville
Row
,
had
something
to
do
with
his
hot
impatience
.
"
You
are
in
a
great
hurry
,
then
,
"
said
Fix
to
him
one
day
,
"
to
reach
Hong
Kong
?
"
