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The narrative opens on a storm-lashed coastal marsh where two watchers in a raised hut witness a surf boat struggling through breakers and a second, armed vessel, an incident that sparks a wider web of smuggling, violence, and secrecy. Vivid natural description alternates with tense, episodic scenes of clandestine meetings, raids, and moral compromise. Central to the unfolding events is the destructive influence of opium, whose grip on a female figure precipitates betrayal, social disintegration, and fatal confrontations, while the story examines how addiction and illicit trade corrode relationships and ignite conflict among coastal communities.

S. Cowan & Co., Strathmore Printing Works, Perth

Table of Contents

I. AT MOEARA TJATJING. 3
II. IN THE DJAGA MONJET. 14
III. HOEKOEM KAMADOOG—THE VAN GULPENDAM FAMILY. 26
IV. THE PLOT THICKENS. 39
V. MUSIC HATH CHARMS. 53
VI. A LUCKY DAY. 63
VII. A TRAITOR IN THE DESSA. 75
VIII. DECAY OF THE DESSA.—ARREST OF PAK ARDJAN. 86
IX. NJONJA MAHAL—THE THREE FRIENDS. 97
X. UNE INVITATION À LA CHASSE ET UNE INVITATION À LA VALSE. 109
XI. A GARDEN SCENE. 121
XII. HUSBAND AND WIFE.—MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. 134
XIII. A RIDE TO BANJOE PAHIT. AMOKH! 150
XIV. A SEARCH FOR OPIUM. WHAT CAME OF IT. 161
XV. UNDER THE WARIENGIEN TREE. IN THE OPIUM-DEN. 173
XVI. THE OPIUM-MONOPOLY. A QUIET CHAT. 188
XVII. IN THE DJOERANG PRINGAPOES. 204
XVIII. ENTRAPPED. 215
XIX. HELP! HELP! 227
XX. A DINNER-PARTY. 240
XXI. IN THE RESIDENT’S OFFICE. 257
XXII. A SALE AT BANJOE PAHIT. 269
XXIII. THE COURT ADJOURNED. 282
XXIV. PARENTS v. DAUGHTER; DUTY v. AUTHORITY. 294
XXV. EVE’S DAUGHTERS AND THE SERPENT. 309
XXVI. NEATLY MANAGED. 321
XXVII. SUMMUM JUS SUMMA INJURIA. FATHER AND SON CONDEMNED. MURDER OF SINGOMENGOLO. 334
XXVIII. CORRESPONDENCE. 345
XXIX. AT KARANG ANJER. AN ACQUITTAL. 357
XXX. BABOE DALIMA’S JOURNEY. 370
XXXI. THE PRISON AT SANTJOEMEH—THE OPIUM-TRADE AT ATJEH. 380
XXXII. A SCIENTIFIC OPIUM DEN 393
XXXIII. IN THE PANDOPPO OF THE REGENT. 405
XXXIV. SETROSMITO’S TRIAL. 417
XXXV. A MEETING IN THE KARANG BOLLONG MOUNTAINS. 433
XXXVI. LIM HO’S WEDDING. 444
XXXVII. DISGRACEFUL OPPOSITION. TWO OPIUM COMPANIES BY THE EARS. 458
XXXVIII. FURTHER FACTS ABOUT OPIUM. BIRDS-NESTING AT KARANG BOLLONG. 471
XXXIX. MUROWSKI ON THE TRACK.—AN OPIUM SALE AT SANTJOEMEH. 485
XL. THE “VIRTUS NOBILITAT.” ANNA AND DALIMA. A TELEGRAM. 500
XLI. THE OUTLAWS AT SOEKA MANIESAN. FEARFUL RETRIBUTION. 512
XLII. IN THE GOEWAH TEMON. CONCLUSION. 528

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This book uses a Dutch-based spelling for Malay words and names. This has not been changed. In this spelling, oe is used for modern u, ie for (long) i, and dj for modern j.

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3, 68, 450 [Not in source] , 1
13, 66, 146, 370, 506, 514 1
14 igunanas iguanas 1
17 djanga djaga 1
28 Where-ever Wherever 2
39 pygamas pyjamas 1
41, 267 Van van 1
53 but’s buts 1
56, 140, 187, 351, 391, 393, 477, 481 [Not in source] . 1
62 anyway any way 1
69 havanahs Havanahs 1
72 havanah Havanah 1
84, 257, 316, 321 [Not in source] 1
93 thaël taël 1
96 the the the 4
97 jewelry jewellery 2
98 fews few 1
107, 118 stedfastly steadfastly 1
110 1
110 wendono wedono 1
111 Kesœmsœ Kesoemo 4
114 Kârjâh Kârijâh 1
116, 285, 286 Kesoemoe Kesoemo 1
127, 396, 451 [Not in source] 1
130 va van 1
136 hushand husband 1
140 increduously incredulously 1
141 , 1
160, 484 , . 1
168 spirting spurting 1
180 van Miclucho Macclay Miklucho-Maclay 7
182 otherwise Otherwise 1
183 aloon-aloon aloon aloon 1
189, 213 Muisenkop Muizenkop 1
189, 367, 526 ; , 1
191 Holand Holland 1
197 appened happened 1
213 ells yells 1
213, 245, 267, 272, 309, 417, 503 wont won’t 1
217 south easterly south-easterly 1
217 Singmengolo Singomengolo 1
228 projecticles projectiles 1
233 hy by 1
237 interruped interrupted 1
276 saluations salutations 1
276, 276 Kadhen Radhen 1
276 Toemenggong Toemenggoeng 1
277 spring carts spring-carts 1
277 Gulpedam Gulpendam 1
279, 379, 423, 506 1
284 Mº. Bok MʻBok 3
286 Kessemoe Kesoemo 2
303 Poeworedjo Poerworedjo 1
344, 503 . [Deleted] 1
371 Angjer Anjer 1
372 Kărijăh Kârijâh 2 / 0
385 van Micclucho Macclay Miklucho-Maclay 8
389 proverty poverty 1
398 . ? 1
401 Shumann’s Schumann’s 1
427 Sestrosmito Setrosmito 1
429 antidiluvian antediluvian 1
433 BOLONG BOLLONG 1
433 Bolong Bollong 1
437, 439, 439 Pringoetool Pringtoetoel 2
444 Nnow Ngow 1
466 Benden Beneden 1
475 wofully woefully 1
477 Pring-toetoel Pringtoetoel 1
502 Concorrdia Concordia 1
520 Soekan Soeka 1
522 kangjeng kandjeng 1
537 [Deleted] 1

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