cocoa-palms

These men escorted us to this police station — a long walk through a lane of much decorated shops, exclusively Chinese, succeeded by a lane of detached Malay houses, each standing in its own fenced and neatly sanded compound under the shade of cocoa-palms and bananas.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Brahmins with the mark of caste set conspicuously on their foreheads, all moving in a veil of gold in the setting of a heavy fringe of cocoa-palms.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

When the sun was low I looked down upon a broad and beautiful river, with hills and mountains on its farther side, a village on the shores of a promontory, and above that a grassy hill with a bungalow under cocoa-palms at its top, which I knew must be the Residency, from the scarlet uniforms at the door.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

This is a promontory covered with cocoa-palms, bananas, and small jungle growths.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Every village consists of such houses as I have described before, grouped, but not by any means closely, under the shade of cocoa-palms, jak, durion, bread-fruit, mango, nutmeg, and other fruit-trees.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

The somberness of the interminable groves of cocoa-palms on the one side of the

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

The Leper Island looked beautiful in the dewy morning with its stilted houses under the cocoa-palms; and the island of Pinang, with its lofty peak, dense woods, and shores fringed with palms sheltering Malay kampongs, each with its prahus drawn up on the beach, looked impressive enough.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

All things were harmonious, the glorious cocoa-palms, the bright green slopes, the sunset gold on the lake-like river, the ranges of forest-covered mountains etherealizing in the purple light, the swarthy faces and scarlet uniforms of the Sikh guard, and rich and luscious odors, floated in on balmy airs, glories of the burning tropics, untellable and incommunicable!

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

One could not lead a more tropical life than this, with apes and elephants about one under the cocoa-palms, and with the mercury ranging from 80 degrees to 90 degrees!

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

The landing is up a great face of smooth rock, near the top of which is a pretty police station, and higher still, nearly concealed by bananas and cocoa-palms, is the large bungalow of the revenue officer and police magistrate of Langat.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004