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In Perak it has been the custom to hunt and capture the Jakun women and make them and their children slaves. Instances of cruelty have greatly diminished since British influence has entered Perak, and I should think that Mr. Low will ere long mature a scheme for the emancipation of all persons held in bondage.* I heard of a curious case this morning.
Perak, I should mention, is the Malay word for silver, it having been supposed that vast lodes of that metal abounded in the river valley; but, as a matter of fact, there has been very little silver located anywhere near its vicinity.
On raising the tubes a perfect roar as of a waterfall was heard. By shouting at the top of his voice, the clerk at one end could make the clerk at the other end hear, but he could not render a word intelligible. At Perak 770 miles off the sounds were thought to be distant salvos of artillery, and Commander Hon. He adds that they resembled distant heavy cannonading. In a letter from St.
Partly in consequence of a great lack of agricultural energy, and partly from the immense quantity of rice required by the non-producing Chinese miners, Perak imported in 1881 rice to the value of 70,000 pounds.
The third day of our sojourn at Penang they implored me so earnestly to let them return to their families that, impressed by their sickly looks and disconsolate air, I promised at once to grant their desire. This promise put them into better spirits and their good humour was quite restored when the steamer left the harbour at Penang and bore us towards the river Perak.
Whampoa and the Maharajah of Johore have grown insipid, that much of local conversation should consist of speculations as to when or whether Mr. will get promotion, when Mr. will go home, or how much he has saved out of his salary; what influence has procured the appointment of Mr. to Selangor or Perak, instead of Mr. , whose qualifications are higher; whether Mr.
The Boundaries and Rivers of Perak Tin Mining Fruits and Vegetables The Gomuti Palm The Trade of Perak A Future of Coffee A Hopeful Lookout Chinese Difficulties Chinese Disturbances in Larut The "Pangkor Treaty" A "Little War" The Settlement of Perak The Resident and Assistant-Resident
We turned at once into the jungle, and rode through it for seven hours on the left bank of the Perak river. The loveliness was intoxicating. The trees were lofty and magnificent; there were very many such as I have not seen before. Many run up a hundred feet or more before they branch. The twilight was green and dim, and ofttimes amidst the wealth of vegetation not a flower was to be seen.
Having ravaged the kingdoms of Johor, Pahang, Kedah, Perak, and Dilli, he transported the inhabitants from those places to Achin, to the number of twenty-two thousand persons. But this barbarous policy did not produce the effect he hoped; for the unhappy people, being brought naked to his dominions, and not allowed any kind of maintenance on their arrival, died of hunger in the streets.
Province Wellesley Water Buffaloes A Glorious Night Perak Officials A "Dismal Swamp" Elephants at Home An Epigrammatic Description The British Residency at Taipeng Sultan Abdulla's Boys A Chinese Mining Town The "Armed Police" An Alligator's Victim Major Swinburne A Larut Dinner Party A Morning Hymn BRITISH RESIDENCY, LARUT, February 11. I left Mr.
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