Old Singapore! : White Gloves & Parasols

Mems collecting water-lilies, bargaining for tropical birds, feasting on turtle steaks, visiting a coffee plantation and nearly fainting at the first encounter with durian.

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