The book The Surgeon's Log : Impressions of the Far East was written by author Abraham, James Johnston, 1876- Here you can read free online of The Surgeon's Log : Impressions of the Far East book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Surgeon's Log : Impressions of the Far East a good or bad book?
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The Chief thought rapidly, then he smiled grimly. " Say, Jack," he said to the policeman. " You "SEW -SEW WOMAN (See p. 102) ON THE WAY TO JAPAN 103 give him plenty stick. All right. Can do. You savvy — march." The policeman's face broke into a broad grin. His eyes snapped with delight. He chuckled in guttural joy. " I savvy," he said. He didn't wait to have the order countermanded, for if there is one thing a Malay likes better than another it is beating a Chinaman. So he ran his prisoner off ...at once; and the last act of the drama we saw was the Chinaman running rapidly, with the Malay clinging to his rear, thwacking him, with immense gusto, all over the body with his malacca truncheon. After that I locked my door and closed my ports carefully in every port when I was not in my cabin. We had no cargo for Singapore; and so were only stopping long enough to coal before clearing for Nagasaki, our next port of call. I had no ambition, however, to endure another coaling — Port Said had cured me of that ; but so quick were they that before the Second and I were ready to go ashore they had already started ; and long strings of Chinese coolies in limpet-shaped hats, carrying great wicker-work coal- baskets, each slung on a bamboo pole, between two of them, were running in an endless chain up and down the improvised gangways to the bunkers.
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