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  • The District Police Chief of Kanowit, ASP Bujang Zainuddin, told the press that they got the report from other villagers at 6.30 that evening.

    Mistaken For A Boar, A Trainee Teacher Shot. 2007

  • The incident happened at Kanowit, a riverine town about two hours boatride from the town of Sibu.

    Mistaken For A Boar, A Trainee Teacher Shot. 2007

  • In the vicinity of the Kayans and Millanows are some wild tribes, called the Tatows, Balanian, Kanowit, &c.

    The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

  • Outside of these two places where the missionaries live there are ten stations which are visited: Sibu, Kanowit, Egan,

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • Arrived off the village, we cast anchor for the night off the fort, and at the mouth of the Kanowit stream.

    On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894

  • The shouts of laughter proceeding from their corner of the house announced that business was over, and that chaff and fun, so dear to the heart of every Kanowit, was being carried on with great gusto.

    On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894

  • Strangely enough, the Kanowit women are, as a rule, darker than the men.

    On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894

  • The character of the country around this part of the River Rejang is extremely beautiful, and presents a pleasing contrast to the flat swampy marshes which line the river below Kanowit.

    On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894

  • Towards four o'clock in the afternoon, however, the scenery entirely changed, and books were discarded to look at the really beautiful country we were passing through, the narrowing of the stream to about 500 yards broad, and the swiftness of the stream indicating that we were approaching Kanowit.

    On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894

  • Kanowit village consists of three long houses, built on wooden posts about 40 feet high.

    On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894

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