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Chapter 17

           Passepartout,enchantedwithhisdiscovery,resolvedtosaynothingtohismaster,lestheshouldbejustlyoffendedatthismistrustonthepartofhisadversaries.ButhedeterminedtochaffFix,whenhehadthechance,withmysteriousallusions,which,however,neednotbetrayhisrealsuspicions.

           DuringtheafternoonofWednesday,30thOctober,theRangoonenteredtheStraitofMalacca,whichseparatesthepeninsulaofthatnamefromSumatra.Themountainousandcraggyisletsinterceptedthebeautiesofthisnobleislandfromtheviewofthetravellers.TheRangoonweighedanchoratSingaporethenextdayatfoura.m.,toreceivecoal,havinggainedhalfadayontheprescribedtimeofherarrival.PhileasFoggnotedthisgaininhisjournal,andthen,accompaniedbyAouda,whobetrayedadesireforawalkonshore,disembarked.

           Fix,whosuspectedMr.Fogg’severymovement,followedthemcautiously,withoutbeinghimselfperceived;whilePassepartout,laughinginhissleeveatFix’smanoeuvres,wentabouthisusualerrands.

           TheislandofSingaporeisnotimposinginaspect,fortherearenomountains;yetitsappearanceisnotwithoutattractions.Itisaparkcheckeredbypleasanthighwaysandavenues.Ahandsomecarriage,drawnbyasleekpairofNewHollandhorses,carriedPhileasFoggandAoudaintothemidstofrowsofpalmswithbrilliantfoliage,andofclove-trees,whereoftheclovesformtheheartofahalf-openflower.PepperplantsreplacedthepricklyhedgesofEuropeanfields;sago-bushes,largefernswithgorgeousbranches,variedtheaspectofthistropicalclime;whilenutmeg-treesinfullfoliagefilledtheairwithapenetratingperfume.Agileandgrinningbandsofmonkeysskippedaboutinthetrees,norweretigerswantinginthejungles.

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