ABSTRACT
The climate of Boprneo, like that of most of the Eastern islands, has been found exceedingly healthy to persons whose avocations do not render great exposure necessary. Though the vegetation of no country in the world is so luxuriant as that of the Eastern islands, it has been proved by many writers that the soil of some of them is not so fertile as the appearance of the forests would lead the cultivator to expect. The supply of Sarawak and the west coast is drawn entirely from the Natunas islands, the inhabitants of which trust principally to this commerce for their supply of rice, which they do not themselves produce. The time for collecting the sago, and in which state it is most productive, is just before it begins to show its large and spreading terminal spike of flowers. The Chinese in Sarawak have several gardens for the production of native vegetables near the town.
