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Page 93
... prahu got stuck halfway down some rapids because the coolies simply were not strong enough , Brits- Jansen came to their aid . Instead of forcing the Sultan to get out at last , he dragged the boat across the rocks single - handed ...
... prahu got stuck halfway down some rapids because the coolies simply were not strong enough , Brits- Jansen came to their aid . Instead of forcing the Sultan to get out at last , he dragged the boat across the rocks single - handed ...
Page 95
... prahu , revealing the pathetic secret of his life . It was the fault of the night and of the Sultan , who had now made the second of his two daily movements : he had lain down . The prahus had been dragged halfway up the shore , side by ...
... prahu , revealing the pathetic secret of his life . It was the fault of the night and of the Sultan , who had now made the second of his two daily movements : he had lain down . The prahus had been dragged halfway up the shore , side by ...
Page 328
... prahu slowed down to a standstill as if caught in a morass . But it was not a morass ; it was a thick gelatinous layer floating on the surface of the water in front of the jetty , driven there by the wind and the tides . The Madurese ...
... prahu slowed down to a standstill as if caught in a morass . But it was not a morass ; it was a thick gelatinous layer floating on the surface of the water in front of the jetty , driven there by the wind and the tides . The Madurese ...
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Annema answered arrived asked Atjeh Banjermasin Batavia beer Bert Bert's Betsy Bevers body bottle boy's Breszezinska-Jansen Brits-Jansen Burubi Captain coolies cried darkness djongos doctor door drink Dutch East Indies eyes face fear feeling fell felt Flabbinga forest Frolick Ganwitz girl hair hand head heard Holland Homo Heidelbergensis hour Jansen Javanese jungle kiss knew Kramer Labuan lamp lepers leprosy letter listening looked Madurese Mamawi mandur Manokwari morning mosquito mouth native never night once opened panting Papuans parang Piet Kramer prahu pulled Rattan realized round rustling Salvarsan Salvation Army Salvationist screamed seemed shoulders silence sleep slowly smell smile smoke sound staring started Stegomyia stood suddenly Sultan talk Teddy thing thought took totok tried tuan turned underneath voice waiting wanted Waterreus whispered wilderness Willem witch doctor Witzenburg