QuedahOxford University Press, 1857 - 360 páginas |
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... Untoo , " or Spirit , seen.- - My Credulity taxed . — The Spirits of the Jungle . — On Superstitions in general . — The Charms of Superstition . - Musquitoes and Sand - flies . — The Village on Fire . — Flaming Cocoa - nut Trees ...
... Untoo , " or Spirit , seen.- - My Credulity taxed . — The Spirits of the Jungle . — On Superstitions in general . — The Charms of Superstition . - Musquitoes and Sand - flies . — The Village on Fire . — Flaming Cocoa - nut Trees ...
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... Untoo , " or Spirit , seen . - My Credulity taxed . On Superstitions in general . The Spirits of the Jungle.— The Charms of Superstition . - Musquitoes and Sand - flies . — The Village on Fire.- Flaming Cocoa - nut Trees . Intentional ...
... Untoo , " or Spirit , seen . - My Credulity taxed . On Superstitions in general . The Spirits of the Jungle.— The Charms of Superstition . - Musquitoes and Sand - flies . — The Village on Fire.- Flaming Cocoa - nut Trees . Intentional ...
Página 242
... Untoo " brought it back forcibly to my mind . Just after the blockade commenced , in December of the previous year , my gun - boat was lying one night close to the southern point of Quedah river . The mist fell for awhile like small ...
... Untoo " brought it back forcibly to my mind . Just after the blockade commenced , in December of the previous year , my gun - boat was lying one night close to the southern point of Quedah river . The mist fell for awhile like small ...
Página 243
Sherard Osborn. AN UNTOO , OR SPIRIT , SEEN . 243 attention : the second man then walked below , as if glad to get off deck . Fairly puzzled , I walked for- ward . The look - out man had got his back turned to the jungle , but was every ...
Sherard Osborn. AN UNTOO , OR SPIRIT , SEEN . 243 attention : the second man then walked below , as if glad to get off deck . Fairly puzzled , I walked for- ward . The look - out man had got his back turned to the jungle , but was every ...
Página 245
... Untoo " was again seen , but as it did not board us , as Jadee assured me " Untoos " of a wicked description had been known to do , I conjectured it was some good fairy , and at any rate we were not again troubled with an Untoo - 246 ON ...
... Untoo " was again seen , but as it did not board us , as Jadee assured me " Untoos " of a wicked description had been known to do , I conjectured it was some good fairy , and at any rate we were not again troubled with an Untoo - 246 ON ...
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alligators amongst anchor armed blockade boats Bounting brig British called canoe Captain Warren capture chase Chinese close cloth cocoa-nut trees coloured coxswain creese crew crown 8vo Datoo Mahomet Alee deck Dutch English escape evidently fight fire forest fresh fugitives gave gun-boat guns Haggi hands Hyacinth Inchi Laa India islands Jadee Jadee's Jamboo jungle junk Kangah knew Lancavas land look Malacca Malayan Malayia Malays midshipman miles morocco musquitoes native nests nicodar night oars ORANG-LAUTS paddles Parlis Pat Conroy Penang pinnace pirates Plates poor Portuguese Post 8vo prahus province Pulo Quedah Quetam Rajah rice river round sail sailors sampan scene seamen Second Edition seen serang Setouè SHERARD OSBORN ship Siamese Siamese army Singapore slaves soon spirit stockade Straits of Malacca strong Tamelan Teda tion told Tom West town Untoo vessel vols whilst wind women wood Woodcuts
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