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Page 51
... Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling towards him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson arrived , he was kneeling down engaged busily in unfastening the flag from it . " Was there anything wrong ? " I ...
... Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling towards him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson arrived , he was kneeling down engaged busily in unfastening the flag from it . " Was there anything wrong ? " I ...
Page 170
... Malay word “ makan , ” would force him to climb out to a meal . Wang in his native province in China might have been an aggressively , sensitively genial person ; but in Sam- buran he had clothed himself in a mysterious stolidity , and ...
... Malay word “ makan , ” would force him to climb out to a meal . Wang in his native province in China might have been an aggressively , sensitively genial person ; but in Sam- buran he had clothed himself in a mysterious stolidity , and ...
Page 212
... Malay man , eh ? " Wang made a slight negative movement with his head . " Do you hear , Lena ? " Heyst called out . " Wang says there is a boat in sight - somewhere near , apparently . Where's that boat , Wang ? " " Round the point ...
... Malay man , eh ? " Wang made a slight negative movement with his head . " Do you hear , Lena ? " Heyst called out . " Wang says there is a boat in sight - somewhere near , apparently . Where's that boat , Wang ? " " Round the point ...
Page 213
... Malay that he had gone to the shore end of the wharf , to get a few lumps of coal from the big heap , when , happening to raise his eyes from the ground , he saw the boat - a white man boat , not a canoe . He had good eyes . He had seen ...
... Malay that he had gone to the shore end of the wharf , to get a few lumps of coal from the big heap , when , happening to raise his eyes from the ground , he saw the boat - a white man boat , not a canoe . He had good eyes . He had seen ...
Page 227
... words having been spoken in Malay , he ex- plained courteously that he had given directions for the transport of the luggage . Wang had melted into the night in his soundless manner . " My word ! Rails laid down and all , VICTORY 227.
... words having been spoken in Malay , he ex- plained courteously that he had given directions for the transport of the luggage . Wang had melted into the night in his soundless manner . " My word ! Rails laid down and all , VICTORY 227.
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