quicker-constructed

Updated: May 11, 2025

This stockade, varying in strength according to circumstances, is the usual defence of the Sambas Chinese. The Malays erect a simple and quicker-constructed protection by a few double uprights, filled in between with timber laid lengthwise and supported by the uprights.

Rajah of Sarawak James - The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy