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Title: The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901 LaPlante, Charles. egr Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931. ill Dodd, Mead & Company. pbl
Subjects: Boys Conduct of life Voyages and travels Voyages around the world Merchant ships Seafaring life Sailing Slavery
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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eously, in every cleared spot. The groves were filled with birds of beautiful plumage,though, it must be owned, many of them of discordant voices.These gave to the woods an appearance of life and bustle,which was as strange as pleasant. Here and there could beseen a monkev or a marmoset, leaping from branch to branchamong the luxuriant foliage, or swinging by his tail, and giv-ing vent to . a shrill screech which would startle the otherinhabitants of the groves. We took great pleasure in rambling through these groves.on the two Sundays which we spent ashore here. The people,although not disposed to hold any more communication withus than was actually necessary, were kind and attentive. Fruitsand provisions were remarkably cheap. We purchased twenty-live large fowls for a dollar. Cocoa-nuts and bananas were tobe had almost for the asking, and other fruits cost but verylittle more. I here purchased a monkey, as I wanted somethingwith which to amuse myself when we should be again at sea.
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MALAY CHILDREN. CHINESE RESIDENTS. He was a wild little fellow, and I got him a chain, with whichto keep him fast while lying in port, that he might not slipoff into some of the shore boats frequently alongside. Hismonkeyship only cost half a rupee (twenty-five cents), whileparrots could be bought for from ten cents to. half a dollar.Of course, these birds were freshly caught, and could not talk.Parrots which have learned to talk Malay or Arabic arehighly valued, and are not sold under twenty-five or thirtvdollars. Besides the natives of the islands, who are Malavs, andof course partly Mohammedans, a portion of the residents areChinese. These filled here the line of business which I havenoticed thev generallv take to when away from their homes.They are the small merchants of a place, and their shopsanswer to the corner groceries in the United States. Meetthem where vou will, away from their home, and vou will findthe Chinese to be smart, thriving, and industrious people, livingfrugall

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