This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIL VISITS TO PEEAK AND HOME. FTER three weeks, when the country was again quiet, and the English in Penang had ceased to look shudderingly under their beds at night for Chinese robbers, I returned to Durian Sabatang. I was twice summoned from thence to go to Penang as a witness, and obeyed ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIL VISITS TO PEEAK AND HOME. FTER three weeks, when the country was again quiet, and the English in Penang had ceased to look shudderingly under their beds at night for Chinese robbers, I returned to Durian Sabatang. I was twice summoned from thence to go to Penang as a witness, and obeyed the first time, partly in the vain hope of identifying my wouldbe murderer, and partly in fear of a terriblelooking document which informed me that 'Victoria, by the grace of God, ' etc., greeted the Sheriff of Penang, and commanded him to summon me to Penang. Not being accustomed to receive subpoenas, I thought myself obliged to obey; and it was not till I arrived at Penang that I found I might have set the Penang authorities at defiance had I chosen, since, being domiciled in the Native States, I was under the rule of Raja Yusuf. I had to go alone, as Mr. Innes had not time to ask permission from Mr. Low to accompany me. The steamer, which was the only means of transit, started at night; it was very dirty, and crowded with still dirtier natives. Needless to say, there was no accommodation for ladies on board, so that I had to pass the night on deck among the mosquitoes and coolies. We had hardly left Durian Sabatang, when the steamer ran down a small Malay boat in the dark, and then went crashing into the mangrove-trees on the bank with such force that I thought surely a hole must be knocked in the ship. However, there was not; we picked up first the crew of the boat, then the boat itself, put the one into the other, and calmly proceeded on our way. After this little excitement was over, I looked round to see how many boats there would have been to take to in case of the ship Having sprung a serious leak, and to my surprise found there were...
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