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... Malacca Fort , and its Demolition IV . V. VI . An Elephant Hunt Character of Colonel Farquhar A Scamp ... VII . Mr. , afterwards Sir T. Stamford Raffles ... VIII . The Java Expedition . - Lord Minto and the Tuanku IX . The Dutch ...
... Malacca Fort , and its Demolition IV . V. VI . An Elephant Hunt Character of Colonel Farquhar A Scamp ... VII . Mr. , afterwards Sir T. Stamford Raffles ... VIII . The Java Expedition . - Lord Minto and the Tuanku IX . The Dutch ...
Page xi
... k soft in terminations only . The sign - is put over syllables of unusual length . The authorized orthography of well - known words is not altered , as Malacca , Macassar , Bencoolen , etc. ERRATA . Page 22 , line 28 , for "
... k soft in terminations only . The sign - is put over syllables of unusual length . The authorized orthography of well - known words is not altered , as Malacca , Macassar , Bencoolen , etc. ERRATA . Page 22 , line 28 , for "
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... Malacca , relating to things that I have seen or have heard of , -including every particular of the occurrences in the country of Malacca or Singapore- these shall be noticed by me till the period of completing the book . But in the ...
... Malacca , relating to things that I have seen or have heard of , -including every particular of the occurrences in the country of Malacca or Singapore- these shall be noticed by me till the period of completing the book . But in the ...
Page 4
... Malacca , which Abdulkadar was the son of Mahomed Abraim , of Nagore , South India , and his wife Perbagi , of Malacca , and Mahomed Abraim was the son of Abdulkadar , an Arab of Yemen . Thus Abdulla was of mixed race , three removes ...
... Malacca , which Abdulkadar was the son of Mahomed Abraim , of Nagore , South India , and his wife Perbagi , of Malacca , and Mahomed Abraim was the son of Abdulkadar , an Arab of Yemen . Thus Abdulla was of mixed race , three removes ...
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... Malacca Klings or Tamils , having an Acheen saluar ( trowsers ) , checked sarong ( kilt ) , printed baju ( coat ) , a square skull cap , and sandals . He had the vigour and pride of the Arab , the per- severance and subtilty of the ...
... Malacca Klings or Tamils , having an Acheen saluar ( trowsers ) , checked sarong ( kilt ) , printed baju ( coat ) , a square skull cap , and sandals . He had the vigour and pride of the Arab , the per- severance and subtilty of the ...
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Abdulla amoked amongst appears arrived asked Bengal called Campong Glam Captain carried Chap Chinese Christian clever cloth Colonel Farquhar Cornhill Crawfurd Crown 8vo custom Demy 8vo dingan durian Dutch East India Company Edition elephants English European father fire Gazette gentlemen give Governor hands heard Hindoo hundred Inchi interest Jakuns Java Javanese Kling labour letter live Lord Minto Mahomed Mahomedan Malacca Malay language ment missionaries morrow native Orang Laut ordered Pahang Pangeran pantun Paternoster Row Penang Pengulu Price prows races Raffles Raja remained replied returned Rhio ryots sailed seen sepoys ship Singapore Sir Stamford Sir Stamford Raffles slavery slaves Spanish dollars story Sultan and Tomungong Susanan Syed Essen Tanjong Kling tell thought told took translation tribe tropical Tuanku Long Tuanku Penglima Besar various vessel vols wife writing
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