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INDEX Abang Aing, 115-6 Kasim, 162 , 163 note Nipa, 140 wife of, 143 Aline , H.H.S., 179 , 188 , 197 Alligator bird (Bul-bul), 241 , 288 Animal life— alligator bird, 241 , 288 bears, honey, 299 bees, ...

IX. WAYFARERS ALL The Water Rat was restless, and he did not exactly know why. To all appearance the summer’s pomp was still at fullest height, and although in the tilled acres green had given way to ...

CHAPTER XXXII Before closing these notes, it might be as well to give an idea of the position Sarawak occupies with regard to its external relations. In 1888 a treaty placing Sarawak under British pro...

“Running away may be shameful, but it works!” In the rear garden of the residence of the Duke Who Guards the Realm, Su Mian lay comfortably in a specially made rocking chair, basking in the warm sprin...

“Huh?” Qian Yu froze. Xie Yingying blinked and looked up at her. “Eldest Senior Sister, have you forgotten? Amu curses every male creature that sets foot on Yunliu Mountain.” Was this one of those hor...

CHAPTER XXXI One morning Bertram and I, accompanied by Mr. Frank Maxwell, Mr. Awdry, and Dr. Langmore, started from Kuching in a steam launch on an expedition to Munggo Babi, a Land Dyak settlement. U...

CHAPTER LXVI. ’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, Another thing to fall. — Measure for Measure . Lydgate certainly had good reason to reflect on the service his practice did him in counteracting hi...

SCION a b c d e Totals S A 4 6 4 5 0 19 T B 3 2 8 4 0 17 O C 0 3 8 9 5 25 C D 1 2 3 1 1 8 K E 2 2 7 9 2 22 TOTALS 10 15 30 28 8 91 Discussion After Dr. McKay's Paper Dr. MacDaniels: "A good scion on c...

PART TEN We are sitting at a table and we are writing this upon paper made thousands of years ago. The light is dim, and we cannot see the Golden One, only one lock of gold on the pillow of an ancient...

CHAPTER XXX On our return to Kuching, Bertram and I were anxious to pay a flying visit to a place called Paku, where one of the Rajah’s magistrates resides. The people in the neighbourhood are mostly ...

Chapter 12 Mom was afraid something would happen to the baby, so she tried to comfort Linda Brown on the way to the hospital. “Don’t worry, honey—I’ll make sure justice is done for you,” she promised....

CHAPTER XXIX During our stay at Simanggang I saw, as usual, a great many natives, and being interested in the legends of the place, I persuaded my visitors to relate some of these to me. It should be ...

Chapter 8 After work, I went to my mother’s house with dark circles under my eyes. It wasn’t far. Sensing my silence, my mother tried to lighten the mood. "Hey, haven’t you seen your sister lately?" H...

Chapter III. Peasant Women Who Have Faith Near the wooden portico below, built on to the outer wall of the precinct, there was a crowd of about twenty peasant women. They had been told that the elder ...

Chapter IX. The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare I am not a doctor, but yet I feel that the moment has come when I must inevitably give the reader some account of the nature of Ivan’s illness. Anticipating eve...

CHAPTER XXVIII Whilst we were staying at the bungalow at Simanggang, Mr. Bailey sent me a message one morning to the effect that a number of Dyak women, living a little distance in a village up the Ba...

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CHAPTER XXVII On our way down the Rejang we stayed one evening at Sibu. Arriving there about sunset, we took a walk round the Chinese Bazaar to look at the shops and say good-bye to some of our friend...

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CHAPTER XXVI After a short journey, we encamped for the night on a gravel bank, still within sound of the cataract’s roar. On our way, we paddled by a jagged rock, about twenty feet high, standing in ...

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CHAPTER XXV The day had not risen when Mr. Bampfylde, Bertram, Dr. Langmore, and I, started from Kapit Fort two days after the floods had ceased and the river had resumed its normal aspect. We were fo...

Cinderella in the Modern World I have a friend who’s the kind of woman people call a "green tea bitch" – yet she doesn’t feel ashamed of it at all; instead, she takes pride in the label. She’s hit on ...

Chapter 4 When I arrived downstairs at the new house, it was pitch-black inside. I immediately realized Alex had lied to me—he’d just been testing me, and he hadn’t actually gone home. But there was s...

CHAPTER XXIV On the evening fixed for the party a storm was raging; the rain poured on the roof with the noise of a hundred cataracts, making conversation impossible. Vivid flashes of lightning reveal...

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Three days after Zhang Mingzhe left his card, another person showed up. Qian Zhiyuan. General Manager of Tianchen Precision. He drove a black Audi A6 and parked at the workshop entrance. I saw him get...

CHAPTER XXIII When Bertram and I stopped at Sibu for a few days on our way up the Rejang to Kanowit, he was much interested in all the things I had to tell him about Sibu. The early days of my life we...

Ji Qian’ang had been at the Tang residence for more than a month. First, Tang Yu had ruined his eye. Then he had made him sleep on a hard bed in the side wing without so much as a pillow. And all this...

CHAPTER LVI I become acquainted with Narcissa’s brother, who invites me to his House, where I am introduced to that adorable Creature—after dinner, the Squire retires to take his nap—Freeman, guessing...

CHAPTER XXII One of my places of predilection in the country is called Lundu. It differs from most of the other settlements in Sarawak by the fact that a good deal of agriculture goes on in the neighb...

CHAPTER XXI During one of my visits to England our youngest son Harry was born. He is called Tuan Bungsu (the youngest of a family), a title given to the youngest son of the Rajahs of Sarawak. As time...

CHAPTER XX During my residence in Sarawak, I witnessed several epidemics of cholera, and to any who have nervous temperaments, its advent is alarming. On one of its visitations, some curious incidents...

CHAPTER XIX Malay people have a great reverence for age, and Datu Isa’s many years apparently endeared her still more to the younger generation at Kuching. Her children, grandchildren, and I, were del...

CHAPTER XVIII A few months after Miss North’s departure, my second son Bertram was born. His arrival gave pleasure to the people of the country, for they think a great deal of a Rajah’s son who is bor...

CHAPTER XVII One morning, as I was watching the arrival of the mail-steamer from my verandah at Kuching, I noticed the figure of a tall European lady standing on deck. A few moments after, a messenger...

CHAPTER XVI A week after our return to Kuching, the Rajah and I had the great pleasure of welcoming to Sarawak our eldest son. An experienced English nurse had brought him out, and I remember so well ...

CHAPTER XV The Rajah’s expedition had been successful. The enemy’s villages and rice farms were destroyed so as to compel the people to move farther down the river and form settlements under the super...