We were brought in her motor car to Tanjong Pagar Jetty at the foot of Mount Faber where Captain Jensen left us to await ferry boat. The ferry boat is designated R.A.S.C.V. running at quarter after every hour. As it was almost an hour before the next trip of the vessel, all we could do was to hire a Malay Perahu which accommodated only three passengers including the boatman himself. After having sailed for about half an hour we arrived at the island. At the jetty there run railway tracks for transporting commodities to a certain distance.
Some passages lead to the foot of the mount.
Despite the little size of the roads, automobiles are given access across water and up hills. Thus, the place is the island of bravery. It is bounded in the east by the South China Sea, west by Straits of Singapore, south by Pulau Blakang Mati, and north, by water which separates the community from Mount Faber. The whole island is a mount with copious trees luxuriant plants, rank grass, and some vegetables. However, besides several hundred banana trees, sago plants, and coconut palms there can be found almost no farm products of appreciable value.