My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... TO THE AMAZON 264 CHAPTER XIX " IN MEMORIAM 22 . 289 CHAPTER XX IN LONDON , AND VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE 302 CHAPTER XXI THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO - SINGAPORE , MALACCA , BORNEO 337 CHAPTER XXII CELEBES , THE MOLUCCAS , NEW GUINEA , viii CONTENTS.
... TO THE AMAZON 264 CHAPTER XIX " IN MEMORIAM 22 . 289 CHAPTER XX IN LONDON , AND VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE 302 CHAPTER XXI THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO - SINGAPORE , MALACCA , BORNEO 337 CHAPTER XXII CELEBES , THE MOLUCCAS , NEW GUINEA , viii CONTENTS.
Page 335
... precious stones of the country ; thence across to Pulo Penang , with its pic- turesque mountain , its spice - trees , and its waterfall , and on down the Straits of Malacca , with its richly - XX ] 335 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
... precious stones of the country ; thence across to Pulo Penang , with its pic- turesque mountain , its spice - trees , and its waterfall , and on down the Straits of Malacca , with its richly - XX ] 335 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
Page 336
... where I was to begin the eight years of wandering throughout the Malay Archipelago , which constituted the central and controlling incident of my life . CHAPTER XXI THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO - SINGAPORE , MALACCA , 336 [ CHAP . XX ] MY LIFE.
... where I was to begin the eight years of wandering throughout the Malay Archipelago , which constituted the central and controlling incident of my life . CHAPTER XXI THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO - SINGAPORE , MALACCA , 336 [ CHAP . XX ] MY LIFE.
Page 337
... MALACCA , BORNEO IN order not to omit so important a portion of my life as my eight years in the far East , I propose to give a general sketch of my various journeys and their results , told as far as possible in quotations from the few ...
... MALACCA , BORNEO IN order not to omit so important a portion of my life as my eight years in the far East , I propose to give a general sketch of my various journeys and their results , told as far as possible in quotations from the few ...
Page 338
... Malacca : " " We have been here a week , living in a Chinese house or shed , which reminds me of some of my old Rio Negro habitations . We came from Singapore in a small trading schooner , with about fifty Chinese , Hindoos , and ...
... Malacca : " " We have been here a week , living in a Chinese house or shed , which reminds me of some of my old Rio Negro habitations . We came from Singapore in a small trading schooner , with about fifty Chinese , Hindoos , and ...
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