Identifier: quedahcruiseinja00osborich (find matches)
Title: Quedah, A cruise in Japanese waters, The fight on the Peiho
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Osborn, Sherard, 1822-1875
Subjects: Japan East Asia -- Description and travel China Malaya Kedah -- Description and travel
Publisher: Edinburgh London : W. Blackwood
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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onsolation—We report theescape—Raising of the blockade—The neglected warning—The gig chases the canoe—The Laddas—A Malayan night- xvi CONTENTS. scene—Dream-land—Return to things earthly—Unsuccessfulsearch for prahus—The sea-breeze—The race—Short rations—Eat birds nests—A long and distressing pull—Zeal andcheerful conduct of the crew—Reflections, .... 254 CHAPTER XXIV. A tropical shower—Early breakfast—The Malay piratical soiree— Jadee upbraids them for being surprised—Preparing foraction—Demeanour of English and Malay seamen—Malaycharm for shooting straight—My coxswain ; his piety—Burn-ing, sinking, and destroying—The renegade turns traitor—The large reptiles of Langkawi—The tale of the oular-besar,or great snake—The snake choked by a holy man—A remark-able fossil—A pirates hiding-place — Lovely scenery—Theanger of the skies—Struck by lightning—Close of operations,against Quedah—Conclusion, 268 Chakt, to face page 1
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Q TJ E D A H. CHAPTEE I. INDIA TWENTY YEARS AGO—SINGAPORE IN THE MONTH OF MAY—CHINESE JUNKS READY FOR SEA — PRAHUS — SINGAPOREBOATS—MINIATURE JUNKS—ORIGIN OF THE FORM OF JUNKS—SOUND REASON FOR JUNKS HAVING ONE EYE ON EACH SIDE—ARAB BOATS—SAMPAN-PUCHATS — SINGAPORE OF OLD—COM-MERCIAL SINGAPORE — A SEPOY MARTYR — COURT-HOUSE—CHURCHES WITH STEEPLES—THE HYACINTH IN PORT. On the 29th of May 1838, the Hyacinth, one of herMajestys 18-gun ship-rigged corvettes, made her numberto the signal-staff over the Governors residence at Singa-pore, and, aided by the light airs peculiar to that latitude,flapped, rather than sailed, into the anchorage. Twenty years have made vast improvements in thatgreat emporium of the Eastern Archipelago; but eventhat most thoughtless of all human beings, a Britishmidshipman—for such I then was—could not but re-mark the signs of vitality and active commercial enter- 1 Q TJ E D A H. CHAPTEE I. INDIA TWENTY YEARS AGO—SINGAPORE IN THEquedahcruiseinja00osborich

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