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BIRD, Isabella L. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither.
Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1967. Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1883. Cloth, xvii, 384pp. With illustrations and a folding map. Fine.
Bird's account of the final leg of her journey to the Far East, undertaken in 1879. This is a description taken from her letters of the areas around Malaysia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Sungei Ujong, Selangor, Perak, the Malay Peninsula, etc. In her usual thorough fashion, Bird covers most aspects of life in these areas, and includes information on Malay customs and social habits, life in an Annamese village, life in Hong Kong, opium farming, the usual description of the natural history, etc.