The Panglima Muda

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Excerpt from The Panglima Muda: A Romance of MalayaThe river wound and twisted along mile after mile, and finally lost itself in a maze of rich, m01st tropical foliage, only to emerge a little later into a series of Open lagoons where the great bordering trees, columnar and beautiful, were mirrored in amber black waters. A white eagle glided silently athwart the stream and disappeared in a thin streak of azure, high above. A kingfisher, like a brilliant ¿ash of blue, darted out of a gnarled old trunk, from whose decrepit limbs hung orchids of dazzling colors, in pursuit of its gorgeously-scaled, prey. Ever and anon the noisy call of the cicada rivaled the persistent squeak of the oarlocks, and cut short the shrill, defiant crow of the jungle-cock. The green and gold fronds of a half dozen cocoa-nut trees raised their graceful plumes above a bit of sandy shore.The steersman changed his paddle from one hand to the other, and with a few deft strokes sent the sharp-pointed prau far up on the little beach.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.