Quedah: A Cruise in Japanese Waters ; The Fight on the Peiho |
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... four other Malay seamen were told off to rob the bees ' nest , and they as well as myself were soon stripped and swimming ashore . I observed that each man carried with him a small bundle of the husk of cocoa - nut shells , and directly ...
... four other Malay seamen were told off to rob the bees ' nest , and they as well as myself were soon stripped and swimming ashore . I observed that each man carried with him a small bundle of the husk of cocoa - nut shells , and directly ...
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... four men would follow me , to jump on board of her , and prevent her escape until the gunboat got fairly alongside . Jadee at once seized the idea , and only so far altered it as to persuade me , through the assistance of the ...
... four men would follow me , to jump on board of her , and prevent her escape until the gunboat got fairly alongside . Jadee at once seized the idea , and only so far altered it as to persuade me , through the assistance of the ...
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... four of the English seamen having volunteered to assist the unfortunates , they stripped themselves , and , aided by oars and boards , slipped over the mud to where the Siamese were fairly bogged , pulled them out by sheer strength and ...
... four of the English seamen having volunteered to assist the unfortunates , they stripped themselves , and , aided by oars and boards , slipped over the mud to where the Siamese were fairly bogged , pulled them out by sheer strength and ...
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... freshened , and brought up a schooner - rigged boat very fast . We had been at work twenty - four hours , and were heartily tired ; our slaves could work no longer , so we prepared for the Hollanders ; they were afraid to.
... freshened , and brought up a schooner - rigged boat very fast . We had been at work twenty - four hours , and were heartily tired ; our slaves could work no longer , so we prepared for the Hollanders ; they were afraid to.
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... four guns and about seventy men . The Malays far outnumbered us , and Datoo Mahomet Alee had sent a derisive message , to say he could and should go in or out of the river whenever it suited his convenience . The consequence was , we ...
... four guns and about seventy men . The Malays far outnumbered us , and Datoo Mahomet Alee had sent a derisive message , to say he could and should go in or out of the river whenever it suited his convenience . The consequence was , we ...
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Quedah, a Cruise in Japanese Waters, the Fight on the Peiho Sherard Osborn No preview available - 2015 |
Quedah: A Cruise in Japanese Waters, the Fight on the Peiho (Classic Reprint) Sherard Osborn No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.