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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835. Excerpt: ... 169 CHAPTER IX. PASSAGE FROM JAVA TO SINGAPORE. On Saturday evening, June 4th, I embarked in the English ship Bencoolen, Captain Roberts, for Singapore. The next morning, before day-break, we weighed anchor, and, availing ourselves of the land breeze, stood to sea. After sailing gently for a day or two, and passing a few unimportant islands, we entered the Straits of Banca, between the island of that name and Sumatra. The tin mines on Banca, in the possession of the Dutch, are said to yield a large quantity of good metal. The immense island of Sumatra, extending about one thousand miles in length, and varying from one to two hundred in breadth, lay before us like a motionless sea. The maritime parts on both sides are low and marshy, though it is intersected longitudinally by chains of unequal mountains, some of them nearly as high as the loftiest summits of the Alps. We passed the mouths of several large rivers, the current from which appeared to reach the opposite side of the strait. Sumatra is divided into a number of distinct, i independent kingdoms; the most important of which are known by the names of Menartgkaboo Balla, and Ballumary or Kampang. In former times the whole island was subject to the kingdom of Menangkaboo, and at the present day its sultan combines the influence of a sovereign prince with that of a Moslem pontiff. The Dutch, before their recent expulsion and massacre, had succeeded in conquering this strong-hold of the country, and establishing themselves, as they thought, in perpetual security. Had they retained their dearly bought possession, they could, in all probability, have commanded the resources of the island. A carriage road connects this central spot with Padang, about a half-a-day's journey to the west; and a large river op...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150896972
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 88
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150896973
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 172 gr


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