Vulgar words in Trade and Travel in the Far East - or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, - Singapore, Australia and China. (Page 1)
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Those brought to Singapore by the Celebes traders, are a bastard species.
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The thick weather would undoubtedly be a disadvantage, as it would render objects less easily distinguishable; but then, the strong north-west winds and squalls would knock up a heavy sea, which would make the water break on every reef, thereby rendering them easily both seen and _heard_ in the thickest weather.