 | 1842 - 3588 sider
...success ultimately in developing the resources of the soil and working the minerals to a great advantage. The Dyaks, by far the most interesting portion of...mild, industrious, and so scrupulously honest that not a single case of theft has come under my observation, even when surrounded by objects easily appropriated... | |
 | 1846 - 636 sider
...distance of two hundred miles in the interior :— "These people," he states in one of his letters, " are mild, industrious, and so scrupulously honest,...objects easily appropriated and tempting from their novehy. In their dumestic lives they are amiable, and addicted to none of the vices of a wild state.... | |
 | 1846 - 614 sider
...distance of two hundred miles in the interior : — ' These people,' he states in one of his letters, ' are mild, industrious, and so scrupulously honest, that a single case of thel't has not come under my observation, even when surrounded by objects easily appropriated and tempting... | |
 | 1846 - 652 sider
...distance of two hundred miles in the interior : — " These people," he states in one of his letters, " are mild, industrious, and so scrupulously honest,...tempting from their novelty. In their domestic lives ihey are amiable, and addicted to none of the vices of a wild state. They marry but one wife ; and... | |
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... to do so. The Chinese are so industrious a people that the aspect of a country soon changes wherein they settle ; and as they are most desirous to gain a footing here, there can be no doubt of success ultimately in developing the resources of the... 