Quedah: A Cruise in Japanese Waters ; The Fight on the PeihoWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - 535 Seiten |
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... tree - Proceed to shoot a buffalo - Discover a herd - The shot and the chase- Obtain plenty of buffalo meat ... trees - Inten- tional destruction - Traces of man rapidly obliterated in the East , 167 177 188 CHAPTER XIX . A crew ...
... tree - Proceed to shoot a buffalo - Discover a herd - The shot and the chase- Obtain plenty of buffalo meat ... trees - Inten- tional destruction - Traces of man rapidly obliterated in the East , 167 177 188 CHAPTER XIX . A crew ...
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... trees , lay the residences of the wealthy European merchants ; all was as dreamy , sleepy , quiet , and pictur- esque as any one could desire , and , I am bound to add , as hot ; for there the bright equatorial sun was pouring down ...
... trees , lay the residences of the wealthy European merchants ; all was as dreamy , sleepy , quiet , and pictur- esque as any one could desire , and , I am bound to add , as hot ; for there the bright equatorial sun was pouring down ...
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... trees and eating fellow - men . Some Sooloo slave - dealers and pirates visited the dis- trict in which Jadee was detained , and he was exchanged for various commodities that they disposed of to his master . Made at first to row and ...
... trees and eating fellow - men . Some Sooloo slave - dealers and pirates visited the dis- trict in which Jadee was detained , and he was exchanged for various commodities that they disposed of to his master . Made at first to row and ...
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... a Malayo - Chinese vessel pecu- liar to the Straits of Malacca . A dense and waving jungle of trees skirted round the town and fort of Que- * " Touhan Besar , " the great chief or officer . rovers whom Malay men might envy , but might not.
... a Malayo - Chinese vessel pecu- liar to the Straits of Malacca . A dense and waving jungle of trees skirted round the town and fort of Que- * " Touhan Besar , " the great chief or officer . rovers whom Malay men might envy , but might not.
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... a Malayo - Chinese vessel pecu- liar to the Straits of Malacca . A dense and waving jungle of trees skirted round the town and fort of Que- * " Touhan Besar , " the great chief or officer . dah , and spread away on either hand in a.
... a Malayo - Chinese vessel pecu- liar to the Straits of Malacca . A dense and waving jungle of trees skirted round the town and fort of Que- * " Touhan Besar , " the great chief or officer . dah , and spread away on either hand in a.
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Admiral afterwards amongst anchor appeared armed battery beautiful birds blockade boats Bountings British called canoe Captain Warren carried chase China Chinese close coast command creese crew Datoo Mahomet Alee deck Dutch Emerald Emperor English escape European evidently fancy fight fire gallant gave gunboat guns Haggi hands heard Hyacinth Inchi Laa islands Jadee Jadee's Jamboo Japan Japanese jungle junks Kangah knew Lancavas land looked Lord Elgin Malacca Malayan Malayia Malays miles musquitoes Nangasaki native nests nicodar night oars officer paddles Parlis Penang pinnace pirates poor Portuguese prahus Quedah Quetam Rajah rice river round sail sailors sampan scene seamen seen sent serang ship shore shouted Siamese side sight Singapore soon squadron stockade Straits Straits of Malacca strong Tamelan Teda tide tion told Tom West Tonkoo Mahomet Touhan town treaty trees vessels whilst wind women Yedo
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Seite 228 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Seite 215 - WHEN the breeze of a joyful dawn blew free In the silken sail of infancy, The tide of time flow'd back with me, The forward-flowing tide of time ; And many a sheeny summer-morn, Adown the Tigris I was borne, By Bagdat's shrines of fretted gold, High-walled gardens green and old ; True Mussulman was I and sworn, For it was in the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid.
Seite vi - SWEET MEMORY, wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy haunts of long-lost hours, Blest •with far greener shades, far fresher flowers.
Seite 36 - ... group of islands, about twenty miles distant, in quest of some ; and this job I had regularly to execute every tenth day or so. The three islands are known under the names of the Bounting Group ; the Malays, with a playful fancy, having, in the outline of one of them, seen a resemblance to a woman in that "state in which ladies wish to be who love their lords.
Seite 348 - So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Seite 368 - Japan, with their ships and merchandise, without any hindrance to them or their goods ; and to abide, buy, sell, and barter, according to their own manner with all nations ; to tarry here as long as they think good, and to depart at their pleasure.
Seite 249 - Descends in silence — while around waves on The mighty forest, reckless what is gone! Such is man's doom — and, ere an hour be flown, — Start not, thou trifler ! — such may be thine own...
Seite 368 - ... or their assigns. And that they shall or may build one house or more for themselves in any part of our Empire where they shall think fittest, and at their departure to make sale thereof at their pleasure.
Seite 368 - Kingdoms, or shall from hence transport to any foreign part ; and do authorize those ships that hereafter shall arrive and come from England to proceed to present sale of their commodities, without further coming or sending up to our court.
Seite 170 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.