My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... agreeable to live with them . racter they are far superior to either the Malays or the Chinese , for though head - taking was long a custom among In moral cha- them , it was only as a trophy of war XXI ] 345 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
... agreeable to live with them . racter they are far superior to either the Malays or the Chinese , for though head - taking was long a custom among In moral cha- them , it was only as a trophy of war XXI ] 345 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
Page 347
... to state that I think the danger does not arise from the Russian Government being any worse than our own , or than the Governments of Germany or France . All have the same insatiable craving for extending XXI ] 347 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
... to state that I think the danger does not arise from the Russian Government being any worse than our own , or than the Governments of Germany or France . All have the same insatiable craving for extending XXI ] 347 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
Page 349
... to my old fellow traveller and companion , Henry Walter Bates , then collecting on the Upper Amazon , almost wholly devoted to entomology , and especially giving my impressions of the comparative XXI ] 349 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
... to my old fellow traveller and companion , Henry Walter Bates , then collecting on the Upper Amazon , almost wholly devoted to entomology , and especially giving my impressions of the comparative XXI ] 349 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
Page 351
... are the Longicorns . Of these I obtained fifty species in the first ten days at Singapore , and when in a good locality I seldom passed a day without getting a new one . At Malacca and XXI ] 351 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
... are the Longicorns . Of these I obtained fifty species in the first ten days at Singapore , and when in a good locality I seldom passed a day without getting a new one . At Malacca and XXI ] 351 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
Page 353
... that they would hardly be eaten even in England . There are only two good fruits , the mangosteen and the durian . VOL . I. The first is a 2 A very delicate juicy fruit , but hardly worthy of the XXI ] 353 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
... that they would hardly be eaten even in England . There are only two good fruits , the mangosteen and the durian . VOL . I. The first is a 2 A very delicate juicy fruit , but hardly worthy of the XXI ] 353 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
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