Chapter XXIII

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From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

to bring or combine together or with something else

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading SARAWAK AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

-ing form of “associate” — make a logical or causal connection

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

possessive form of “brooke” — English lyric poet (1887-1915)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

assets available for use in the production of further assets

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

-ing form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a person who is in charge

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

an assertion of a right (as to money or property)

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

without doubt or question

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a state at a particular time

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

direct the course of; manage or control

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “court” — an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “dependency” — the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

From this reading SARAWAK AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

mark as different

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

plural of “district” — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

lacking in liveliness or animation

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “englishman” — a man who is a native or inhabitant of England

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

something that provides access (to get in or get out)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the point or degree to which something extends

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the organ of sight

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

capable of reproducing

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

produced by or subjected to forcing

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

yet to be or coming

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

coins made of gold

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

proceeding in small stages

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the quality of being honest

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a quantity that is added

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

made greater in size or amount or degree

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “indication” — something that serves to indicate or suggest

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

characterized by hard work and perseverance

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

of or characteristic of low rank or importance

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

past form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “isle” — a small island

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading SARAWAK AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the quality of being just or fair

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

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From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

has a good chance of being the case or of coming about

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

plural of “malay” — a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the act of managing something

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

inflected form of “man” — take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “mineral” — solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

filled or abounding with fog or mist

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

used to form the superlative

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the condition of being essential or indispensable

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the state of being without a flaw or defect

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

the people who inhabit a territory or state

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the act or process of producing something

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “production” — the act or process of producing something

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “race” — any competition

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a prince or king in India

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

unusual or striking

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

necessary for relief or supply

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

propose a toast to

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo

From this reading SARAWAK AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

an act of economizing; reduction in cost

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

-ing form of “secure” — get by special effort

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

a small hard fruit

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

term of address for a man

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “skirt” — cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

the state of being covered with unclean things

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “son” — a male human offspring

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

in the near future

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

a state or condition free from damage or decay

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “tribe” — a social division of (usually preliterate) people

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

characterized by variety

From this reading At first it appeared a confused mass of mountains, but the eye soon began to distinguish its varied features.

capable of being seen; or open to easy view

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

plural of “voyage” — an act of traveling by water

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

accept gladly

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading On August 31, 1848, we came in sight of Borneo; it was a dull and misty day, and the shores were not clearly visible, but the next morning it was bright and showed us in all its perfection the lovely country that skirts the shore between Datu and Sipang points.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

in the company of; together with

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading Sarawak and its dependencies next claim my attention, and I will give an account of my first visit to that place, as the notes I then made are more likely to present a true picture than any written subsequently.

plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

From this reading First Visit--Appearance of the Country--Scenery--Lovely Isles--Turtle--Method of Securing their Eggs--Their Enemies--Fish--The Dugong--Method of Capturing them--Graves of Englishmen at Po Point--First Evening in Borneo--A Welcome to the Rajah--Boats--Salute and Manning Yards--The Muaratabas Entrance--The River--The Town of Kuching--Sunset--Arrival--A noisy Procession--Extent of Sarawak--A well-watered Country--The Rejang--Extent of fertile Soil adapted to Sugar--Its Inhabitants--Different Races and Tribes--Population--Kuching, the Capital--Increase--Trade--Sago districts--Cotton--Seed sent by the Cotton Supply Association--Imported Labour required--Increased Production--Inferior Cultivation--Soil adapted to most Tropical Productions--Water communication--Minerals--Coal, Antimony, and Gold--Indications of other Minerals--Former Condition of the Country--Difficulties of Management--Forced Trade--Comfortable Position of the Dayaks--Influence of New System on the Malays--Distant Voyages--Remarkable Honesty--Anecdote--System of Government--An Unteachable Chief--Sons of Patinggi Ali--Their Good Conduct--Effect of Associating the Natives in the Government--The System introduced into all the Dependencies--Effect of Sir James Brooke’s Government--Anecdote of an old Chief--Gradual Development--Necessity for Support--The Chinese an Industrious and Saving Nation--Soundness in the System of Government--England with a Chinese Colony--Future of Borneo--Chinese amalgamate with Native Population--Female Emigration from China--Administration of Justice--The Sarawak Courts--Character of the Malays.