Old Singapore! : Tigers & Traders

A tuan discovers his cook has included tiger meat in his curry. Sampan boys race down the Singapore River. A gang robs dhobies and make off with shirts and petticoats.

These memoirs of travellers and residents include extracts from
the following classic volumes:

• A Visit to the Indian Archipelago by Henry Keppel
• Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India by John Cameron
• The Golden Chersonese by Isabella L Bird
• A Beachcomber in the Orient by Harry L Foster
• Eastern Journey by John H MacCallum Scott