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Mems collecting water-lilies, bargaining for tropical birds, feasting on turtle steaks, visiting a coffee plantation and nearly fainting at the first encounter with durian.
These memoirs of travellers and residents include extracts from
the following classic volumes:- A Visit to the Indian Archipelago by Henry Keppel
- Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India by John Cameron
- The Golden Chersonese by Isabella L Bird
- A Beachcomber in the Orient by Harry L Foster
- Eastern Journey by John H MacCallum Scott