1st Edition
60 Years Life/Adventure (2v Set) Sixty Yrs Life Adv Far Et
By John Dill Ross
Copyright 1968
847 Pages
by
Routledge
847 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1968. Life and Adventures in the Far East is a record of Captain Northwood's adventures into Borneo, Saigon, Singapore, Aden, that of his businesses.
INTRODUCTION-THE BRITISH IN BORNEO. CHAPTER I. CAPTAIN NORTHWOOD. CHAPTER II. LABUAN IN THE OLDEN DAYS. CHAPTER IV.--CAPTAIN NORTHWOOD MAKES A VOYAGE TO SAIGON. CHAPTER V.-NORTHWOOD, JUNIOR, BECOMES SOMETHING IN THE CITY. CHAPTER VI. SINGAPORE IN BAYSWATER. CHAPTER VII.-EN ROUTE FOR SINGAPORE. CHAPTER VIII.-THE COMMENCEMENT OF A CAREER. CHAPTER X.-WOODLEIGH. CHAPTER XI.-A YER MANIS. CHAPTER XII.-JOHNNY NORTHWOOD STARTS BUSINESS ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT. CHAPTER XIII.-ABOUT POLITICS IN BORNEO. CHAPTER XIV.-JOHNNIE NORTHWOOD'S FIRST EXPEDITION. CHAPTER XV.·THE FIRM OF NORTHWOOD AND SON. CHAPTER XVI.-A LITTLE CORNER IN SAGO-FLOUR. CHAPTER XVII.-THE DEWAKAN REEF. CHAPTER XIX.-OF THE NEWS WHICH AWAITED JOHN DILLON NORTHWOOD ON HIS ARRIVAL o\T SINGAPORE. CHAPTER XX.-SOCIETY DOINGS. CHAPTER XXI.-THE TURN OF THE TIDE. CHAPTER XXII.-THE CRISIS
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John Dill Ross
