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"Steady it is!" responded the man at the wheel. "Let go!" shouted the captain. A heavy plunge, followed by the rattling of chains and swinging round of the brig, told that they had come to an anchor in the lagoon of the Cocos-Keeling Islands.
"I did not say salt water, lad, I said bilge a fathom o' bilge water," interrupted the captain, who, although secretly rejoiced at the fact of his son having fallen over head and ears in love with the pretty little Cocos-Keeling islander, deemed it his duty, nevertheless, as a sternly upright parent, to, make quite sure that the love was mutual as well as deep before giving his consent to anything like courtship.
He gives us the first detailed account of the Timor-laut Islands, with very interesting and valuable ethnological notes. The work is divided into six parts, devoted to the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Java, Sumatra, the Moluccas, Timor-laut, Buru, and Timor. Many illustrations are interspersed throughout the text, and the whole work is exceedingly vigorous, graphic, and abounding in interest.
"Steady it is!" responded the man at the wheel. "Let go!" shouted the captain. A heavy plunge, followed by the rattling of chains and swinging round of the brig, told that they had come to an anchor in the lagoon of the Cocos-Keeling Islands.
That which seemed impossible to man proved to be child's-play in the hands of woman. Winnie solved the difficulty by suggesting that they should all return to the Cocos-Keeling Islands and dwell together there for evermore! Let us drop in on them, good reader, at a later period, have a look at them, and bid them all good-bye.
That which seemed impossible to man proved to be child's-play in the hands of woman. Winnie solved the difficulty by suggesting that they should all return to the Cocos-Keeling Islands and dwell together there for evermore! Let us drop in on them, good reader, at a later period, have a look at them, and bid them all good-bye.
The account of the Dutch cinchona-plantations, which now furnish quinine of the best quality, is full of interest. Mr. Forbes's visit to the Cocos-Keeling Islands, in the Indian Ocean, cannot be passed over.
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