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Seite xi
... Nests collected . - Difficulties in the way of doing so . — - Jam- boo enjoying Company's Pay . - Jamboo remonstrates . - A scramble for Birds ' - Nests . - The Malays descend the Face of xii CONTENTS . the Cliff . The Home of the.
... Nests collected . - Difficulties in the way of doing so . — - Jam- boo enjoying Company's Pay . - Jamboo remonstrates . - A scramble for Birds ' - Nests . - The Malays descend the Face of xii CONTENTS . the Cliff . The Home of the.
Seite xiv
... Jamboo frightened by a River Spirit . The Aborigines of Malayia . Malayan Superstitions . - An " Untoo , " or Spirit , seen.- - My Credulity taxed . — The Spirits of the Jungle . — On Superstitions in general . — The Charms of ...
... Jamboo frightened by a River Spirit . The Aborigines of Malayia . Malayan Superstitions . - An " Untoo , " or Spirit , seen.- - My Credulity taxed . — The Spirits of the Jungle . — On Superstitions in general . — The Charms of ...
Seite 31
... Jamboo , sir ! — Interpreter , sir ! " " And a very dirty one too , " I mentally added . The pantomime over , of passing a small valise , con- taining my kit , into a little cabin , which I saw abaft the mainmast , I desired Jamboo to ...
... Jamboo , sir ! — Interpreter , sir ! " " And a very dirty one too , " I mentally added . The pantomime over , of passing a small valise , con- taining my kit , into a little cabin , which I saw abaft the mainmast , I desired Jamboo to ...
Seite 32
... Jamboo's history was a short one . He was one of that numerous class who do not know their own fathers . His mother , who was a Burmese woman of Moulmein , averred that a British officer was entitled to the honour of the parentage ...
... Jamboo's history was a short one . He was one of that numerous class who do not know their own fathers . His mother , who was a Burmese woman of Moulmein , averred that a British officer was entitled to the honour of the parentage ...
Seite 33
... Jamboo's account of my worthy crew was some- what startling : the majority of them had , I learnt , at various times been imprisoned in Singapore jail as pirates , the most notorious scamp being my serang , Jadee . “ Pleasant company ...
... Jamboo's account of my worthy crew was some- what startling : the majority of them had , I learnt , at various times been imprisoned in Singapore jail as pirates , the most notorious scamp being my serang , Jadee . “ Pleasant company ...
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