Sketches of Our Life at SarawakMcDougall, Henriette
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Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak
McDougall, Henriette
McDougall, Henriette, 1817-1886 -- Travel -- Malaysia -- Sarawak; Sarawak (Malaysia) -- Description and travel
Being a slight Sketch of the most prominent amongst the band of gallant
men who devoted their lives and energies to the cause of Science, and
the development of the Fifth Continent. By C. H. EDEN, Esq., Author of
"Fortunes of the Fletchers," &c. With Map. Crown 8vo. Cloth boards, 5s.
SOME HEROES OF TRAVEL; OR, CHAPTERS FROM THE HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL
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CHRISTIANS UNDER THE CRESCENT IN ASIA.
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THE FIFTH CONTINENT, WITH THE ADJACENT ISLANDS.
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FROZEN ASIA: A SKETCH OF MODERN SIBERIA.
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HEROES OF THE ARCTIC AND THEIR ADVENTURES.
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CHINA.
By Professor ROBERT K. DOUGLAS, of the British Museum. With Map, and
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RUSSIA: PAST AND PRESENT.
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
Inconsistencies in the hyphenation of words preserved. (cocoanut/s,
cocoa-nut/s; firearms, fire-arms; gunboat, gun-boats; schoolboys,
school-boys; schoolroom, school-room)
Pg. 32, duplicated word "the" removed. (the coasts and the seas)
Pg. 42, inserted period after "Mr". (that in 1867 Mr. Chambers)
Pg. 63, closing double quote inserted at end of what appears to be the
end of a quoted passage.(carried them away over their shoulders.")
Pg. 95, duplicated period removed at sentence end. (by jet ornaments and
bugle trimmings.)
Pg. 111, "examition" changed to "examination". (After the examination,)
Pg. 118, added period at sentence end. (agreeable and uniformly kind.)
Pg. 138, period changed to comma. (If you must go, some of us will go
with you)
Pg. 162, unusual construction retained. (a new cook-house and servants'
rooms near, to build;)
Pg. 243, closing double quote added at end of title of a book. (in his
"Forests of the Far East":)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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