My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)

149 Pages·1908·0.638 MB·English

by  Giovanni Battista Cerruti Uauth.), I. Stone Sanpietro (transl.)

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Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
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CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
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Title: My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)
Author: Giovanni Battista Cerruti
Translator: I. Stone Sanpietro
Release Date: February 25, 2009 [EBook #28189]
Language: English
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MY FRIENDS THE SAVAGES
BY Captain G. B. CERRUTI
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY I. STONE SANPIETRO
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS OF A PERAK SETTLER (MALAY PENINSULA). RICHLY
ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR.
COMO (Italy) TIPOGRAFIA COOPERATIVA COMENSE 1908
Every copy of this work not bearing the author's signature will be retained by him as an infringement of his
rights.
[Signature of author]
These notes, the fruit of much sacrifice, I dedicate to the memory of my dear ones.
The fond embrace of parents and a sister, which for me was a sweet augury at my departure, greeted me no
more at my return!
Varazze, June 1906.
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CONTENTS
Chapter I 4
Chapter I
: Malacca and its contrasts--Devourers of the soul and devourers of the body--The realization of a poet's
dream--Temptations--A call from the forest--Auri sacra fames--Baggage--Farewell to civilization Page 5
Chapter II 5
Chapter II
: My escort--By steamer to Telok Anson--The other bank of the Perak--Towards the forest--First
news--Blood-letting in the swamp--Robbed and forsaken--Revenge in due time--The Malay's instigation--My
little Sam Sam's fidelity-- Philosophical reflections under a heavy weight " 11
Chapter III 6
Chapter III
: A fearful nocturnal concert--Fire! Fire!--A clearing in the forest--A general flight--Masters of the
camp!--Mortal weariness--A morning greeting without any compliments--A first meeting--In the village--Alà
against the Orang-putei " 22
Chapter IV 7
Chapter IV
: New friends--Gold--An English official-- The purchase of my future treasure--Administrative
simplicity--England teaches!--The "sla pui"--Bitter disappointment--The Sam-Sam--The poison of the Savage
and the venom of the Civilized " 31
Chapter V 8
Chapter V
: Great Mother Earth--A dangerous meeting-- A living statue--Here or there?--An unrelished supper--A
dreaded immigration--A glance into the past--A rape which was not a rape--A noble task--Towards the
mountain--Tiger-shooting--The Sakais in town--Alloyed sweets--Musical tastes-- Hurrah for the free forest! "
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Chapter VI 9
Chapter VI
: The great Sorceress--The forest seen from above--A struggle for life--The crimes of plants-- Everlasting
twilight--Births and deaths--Concerts by forest vocalists--The "durian"--The "ple-lok"-- Vastnesses
unexplored by science--Treasures intact--Para Rubber--The Samaritans of the jungle--The forest and its
history " 59
Chapter VII 10
Chapter VII
: The snares of civilized life--Faust's invocation--The dangers of the forest--Serpents-- A perilous
adventure--Carnivorous and herbivorous animals--The "sladan"--The man of the wood " 75