, the hero of English expansion, and
Admiral George Dewey of the Asiatic squadron, the hero of American
achievement. The author, in his official duties as Special Commissioner
of the United States for the Straits Settlement and Siam, and, later,
as Consul General of the United States at Hong Kong, has mingled with
and studied the diverse people of the Malayan coast, from the Sultan
of Johore and Aguinaldo the Filipino to the lowest Eurasian and "China
boy" of that wonderful Oriental land. These stories are based on his
experiences afloat and ashore, and are offered to the American public
at this time when all glimpses of the land that Columbus sailed to
find are of especial interest to the modern possessors of the land
he really did discover.

CONTENTS

Page
Baboo's Good Tiger 9
Baboo's Pirates 28
How we Played Robinson Crusoe 47
The Sarong 66
The Kris 74
The White Rajah of Borneo 81
Amok! 101
Lepas's Revenge 130
King Solomon's Mines 147
Busuk 181
A Crocodile Hunt 200
A New Year's Day in Malaya 219
In the Burst of the Southwest Monsoon 230
A Pig Hunt on Mount Ophir 254
In the Court of Johore 270
In the Golden Chersonese 293
A Fight with Illanum Pirates 321

TALES OF THE MALAYAN COAST
FROM PENANG TO THE PHILIPPINES

BABOO'S GOOD TIGER

A Tale of the Malacca Jungle

Aboo Din's first-born, Baboo, was only four years old when he had
his famous adventure with the tiger he had found sleeping in the
hot lallang grass within the distance of a child's voice from Aboo
Din's bungalow.

For a long time before that hardly a day had passed but Aboo-Din,
who was our syce, or groom, and wore the American colors proudly on
his right arm, came in from the servants' quarters with an anxious
look on his kindly brown face and asked respectfully for the tuan
(lord) or mem (lady).

"What