. Java and her neighbours; a traveller's notes in Java Celebes, the Moluccas and Sumatra . f^^sX Photo by Carr M. ThomasUNLOADIXG CATTLE, SUMATRAN COAST. Phutw hy Carr M. ThomasSUMATRAN RAILWAY TRAIN AT KWALA LANGSA NORTH SUMATRA PORTS 337 The last two stops of the steamer were productiveof even less satisfactory results than that at Lho Seumawe, in an atmosphere of malariaand fever, there is a small settlement of Euro-peans and a large colony of Chinese, but not asingle attractive feature, natural or artificial. Westopped for a day to discharge cargo and to takeon a consignment of th
. Java and her neighbours; a traveller's notes in Java Celebes, the Moluccas and Sumatra . f^^sX Photo by Carr M. ThomasUNLOADIXG CATTLE, SUMATRAN COAST. Phutw hy Carr M. ThomasSUMATRAN RAILWAY TRAIN AT KWALA LANGSA NORTH SUMATRA PORTS 337 The last two stops of the steamer were productiveof even less satisfactory results than that at Lho Seumawe, in an atmosphere of malariaand fever, there is a small settlement of Euro-peans and a large colony of Chinese, but not asingle attractive feature, natural or artificial. Westopped for a day to discharge cargo and to takeon a consignment of three large bags of peanutsand a Chinese passenger. At Kwala Langsathere was not even a settlement to be seen,—onlya toy station of the narrow-gauge railway, a cattlepen, and a half dozen filthy, rotting, frame shan-ties built over pools of fetid slime and inhabitedby sallow, pock-marked Chinese. The approach toKwala Langsa is through a deep bay, and a numberof thickly wooded islands add a redeeming touchof beauty to the otherwise depressing monotony ofmangrove swamps and dirty water. The town,of which the railway station and a wharf form theport,
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