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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Gardens of the Sun
Frederick William Burbidge
426 pages~8 hr 30 min read33 chapters$4.99
A Victorian plant hunter pushed into the jungles of Borneo in search of orchids and wonders. F. W. Burbidge tells of river and forest travel, of Kina Balu the great mountain, and the dazzling flora he found. Adventure and botany entwined in the tropical east. Follow a daring collector into the flowering wilds of Borneo.
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Inside this book
33 chapters
- 1PREFACE.
- 2CONTENTS.
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 4THE GARDENS OF THE SUN. CHAPTER I. EASTWARD, HO!
- 5CHAPTER II. SINGAPORE.
- 6CHAPTER III. VISIT TO JAHORE—GUNONG PULOI.
- 7CHAPTER IV. RIVER AND FOREST TRAVEL.
- 8CHAPTER V. KINA BALU, OR CHINESE WIDOW MOUNTAIN.
- 9CHAPTER VI. LABUAN ISLAND.
- 10CHAPTER VII. BEAUTIFUL BORNEO.
- 11Passages extracted from a Romance, containing the adventures Of Indra Laksana, Mahadewa, and Dewa Indra.
- 12Pŭngutib sagala remah deripada hikayat Indra Laksana, dan Indra Mahadewa dan Dewa Indra.
- 13CHAPTER VIII. A CITY OF LAKE DWELLINGS.
- 14CHAPTER IX. A VOYAGE TO SULU.
- 15CHAPTER X. A ROYAL PIG-HUNT.
- 16CHAPTER XI. THE SULTAN’S ISTANA AND THE “HILL OF TEARS.”
- 17CHAPTER XII. A ROYAL VISIT.
- 18CHAPTER XIII. KINA BALU, viâ TAMPASSUK.
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