ABSTRACT

First Published in 1968. Life and Adventures in the Far East is a record of Captain Northwood's adventures into Borneo, Saigon, Singapore, Aden, that of his businesses.

part |364 pages

Volume I

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

The British in Borneo

chapter I|18 pages

Captain Northwood

chapter II|13 pages

Labuan in the Olden Days

chapter III|13 pages

Singapore in the Olden Days

chapter IV|5 pages

Captain Northwood Makes a Voyage to Saigon

chapter VI|15 pages

Singapore in Bayswater

chapter VII|5 pages

En Route for Singapore

chapter VIII|18 pages

The Commencement of a Career

chapter IX|21 pages

A “Faux Pas” and its Consequences

chapter X|13 pages

Woodleigh

chapter XI|5 pages

Ayer Manis

chapter XIII|8 pages

About Politics in Borneo

chapter XIV|100 pages

Johnnie Northwood's First Expedition

chapter XV|3 pages

The Firm of Northwood and Son

chapter XVI|6 pages

A Little “Corner” in Sago-Flour

chapter XVII|25 pages

The Dewákan Reef

chapter XVIII|14 pages

A Tug of War

chapter XX|12 pages

Society Doings

chapter XXI|11 pages

The Turn of the Tide

chapter XXII|14 pages

The Crisis

part |448 pages

Volume II

chapter XXIII|22 pages

The Downfall of Northwood and Son

chapter XXIV|26 pages

Seventy-Five Dollars a Month

chapter XXV|15 pages

Captain Northwood Goes Back to Borneo

chapter XXVI|27 pages

Some Aspects of the Borneo Trade

chapter XXVII|59 pages

The Tonkin Expedition

chapter XXVIII|8 pages

Captain NorthWood's Return

chapter XXX|7 pages

The Death of Captain Northwood

chapter XXXII|52 pages

The Annam Venture

chapter XXXIII|12 pages

Russia

chapter XXXIV|43 pages

Japan

chapter XXXVII|58 pages

The War in the Philippines

chapter XXXVIII|10 pages

The End of the Story