Reginald Gore Booth (Penang, Singapore, Manila) to his mother. (64p.), 15 May 1874-08 May 1876

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Content Summary:: Subjects include: voyage on Zambesi to Penang 'this steamer...is full of cockroaches...I could not stand troops of cockroaches walking over me in the night time'; his house 'Leonie Hill'; his working companions Campbell and Wilson; Chinese in office; 'there are all sorts of queer insects here against which I wage a perpetual warfare'; learning Malay; Islamic practices; decline in China trade; his health; his position in the House at Manila.
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