. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. CHAP. III.] THE PANGLIMA OF PARAXG. 43 had been previously arranged, and although Meiinbun and Parang are only a few miles apart, the difference between his suite and that of the Sultan was considerable. They boarded the yacht in crowds, and though they behaved well, and we had no contretemjjs of any kind, it was evident that they were, on the whole, a very pretty set of ruffians. The Panglima
. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. CHAP. III.] THE PANGLIMA OF PARAXG. 43 had been previously arranged, and although Meiinbun and Parang are only a few miles apart, the difference between his suite and that of the Sultan was considerable. They boarded the yacht in crowds, and though they behaved well, and we had no contretemjjs of any kind, it was evident that they were, on the whole, a very pretty set of ruffians. The Panglima Dammang had returned on the previous day from a battle with his old enemy, the Maharajah Taliil, in which nine men had fallen; but though he had been. VILLAGE OF PARANG. victorious, he did not seem by any means in a good temper. Although he could have seen nothing of the kind before, he paid not the smallest attention to the yacht or her fittings, and indeed took no interest in anything except some champagne, of which he drank two tumblers. He wore his favourite 'parang, with which, we were told, he had killed thirty men; and as he sat scowling in a corner of the saloon, the thought how easily he might enlarge the number and add the Marchcsa to his navy if he chose passed through our minds. Possibly the same idea occurred to our guest also, but if it did he was far too wise to act upon it. There was a little sea running when the first detaclunent of his people left for the shore, and the prau, being overloaded, filled and sank about a hundred yards from the ship. There was in reality. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill), 1852-1933. London : J. Murray
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