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Henriette McDougall. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak
Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak
Table of Contents
PART I
SKETCHES OF. OUR LIFE AT SARAWAK
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. THE COURT-HOUSE
CHAPTER III. COLLEGE HILL
CHAPTER IV. PIRATES
CHAPTER V. THE CHURCH AND THE SCHOOL
CHAPTER VI. THE GIRLS
CHAPTER VII. THE LUNDUS
CHAPTER VIII. A BOAT JOURNEY
CHAPTER IX. CONTINUATION OF THE TRIP TO REJANG
PART II
CHAPTER X. RETURN TO SARAWAK
CHAPTER XI. CHINESE INSURRECTION
CHAPTER XII. CHINESE INSURRECTION (Continued)
CHAPTER XIII. EVENTS OF 1857
CHAPTER XIV. THE MALAY PLOT
PART III
CHAPTER XV. THE CHILDREN'S CHAPTER
CHAPTER XVI. ILLANUN PIRATES
CHAPTER XVII. A MALAY WEDDING
CHAPTER XVIII. LAST YEARS AT SARAWAK
CHAPTER XIX. THE ISLAND OF BORNEO
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Henriette McDougall
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The hill was first cleared of jungle, and flattened at the top, then the foundation was dug, and great sleepers were laid ready for the upright posts. A wooden house is joiner's work, and rather resembles a great bedstead. All the wood is first squared and cut, which takes a long time, because the balean-wood is extremely hard, and consumes a great deal of labour; but once ready, the house rises from the earth like magic, for every beam and post fits into its place.
We had brought a great box of carpenter's tools with us from England, among them valuable moulding-planes; we wished the carpenters to learn, in building the house, how to make the arches and ornamental mouldings for the church.
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