A Journey Round the World in the Years 1875-1876-1877
by John Henry Gray (9781459017641)

A Journey Round the World in the Years 1875-1876-1877 (Book)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Chapter III. SESTGAPORE. Arrinl at Singapore?Malayan Divers?Hospitality of Captain Caldbcck?- Brief Sketch of Singapore?Streets?Town Hall?Theatre?Library and Reading Boom?Cathedral of St. Andrew?Gaol?Mutiny in the Gaol? Death of the Governor of the Gaol?Chinese Temple?Public Gardens ?Gardens of the Honourable Mr. Ho (Whampoa)?Cemetery?Pineapple Garden?Gaylang Road?Cocoa-nut Plantations?Gambia Plantation?Pepper Plantation?Tapioca Plantation?Wild Pigs?Other Wild Animals. As the Messagerie Maritime steam-ship " Tigre" was, on our arrival at Saigon, ready to leave that port on her voyage to Singapore, we immediately embarked (February ]5th), and were, ere many hours had elapsed, directing our course down the Saigon river. At the end of four days our voyage was brought to a close, and on the vessel coming to her moorings in the new harbour at Singapore, we made all the necessary arrangements for our debarkation. As we were in the act of leaving the ship, several of our fellow-travellers were amusing themselves by throwing small pieces of money into the water, and for which coins five or six Malays were diving to the lowest depths of the harbour. As divers these men displayed great proficiency, never failing to find the coins which, in order to test their diving powers, were cast into the deep. During our stay at Singapore we were most hospitably entertained by Captain Caldbeck, Superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Boat Company. Under the auspices of our kind host we had an excellent opportunity afforded us, which of course we embraced, of seeing to advantage the whole island. But of Singapore let us in the first instance give a brief account. It is situated at the southern point of the Malayan peninsula, and is separated from it by a very narrow strait. This...

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