Perak and the Malays : "sārong" and "krīs"
Digitised Book 216.73.216.165 (0)
1878
Information About
A detailed book on Perak from its history, people, religion, fruits, animals, sea-fish, insects, their dress, villages to Pangkor treaty and the future of Perak.
Additional Details
- Title
- Perak and the Malays : "sārong" and "krīs"
- Creators
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- McNair, John Frederick Adolphus, 1828-1910
- Subject
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- Perak--Description and travel
- Publisher
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- Tinsley Brothers, 1878
- National Library Board Singapore, 1878
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill., maps.
- Table of Contents
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- ch. I. Perak -- ch. II. Elephant-tracks -- ch. III. Mineral productions -- ch. IV. The ancient knowledge of the mineral productions of Perak and the peninsula -- ch. V. Vegetable productions -- ch. VI. Fruits: The durian -- ch. VII. Vegetable-food supply -- ch. VIII. Noxious animals -- ch. IX. Sea-fish -- ch. X. Insect pests...-- ch. XXXII. The attack of Passir Sala -- ch. XXXIII. The southern column -- ch. XXXIV. The capture of Ismail -- ch. XXXV. Hints to settlers -- ch. XXXVI. The ascent of Mount Ophir from Malacca -- ch. XXXVII. The future of Perak.
- Edition
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- 1st ed.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2007.