Beyond the little military settlement, the sumatran mountains tower in majestic gloom beyond a broken line of bristling crags, like granite outworks guarding the eleven hundred miles of coast-line facing the Indian Ocean.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
The resolute mien and dignified carriage of the sumatran woman denote clear consciousness of her supreme importance.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
The hothouse atmosphere of Padang is gladly exchanged for the freshness of the mountain heights, approached by a cog-wheel railway, and affording truer pictures of sumatran life than the hybrid port of the steaming Lowlands.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings