List of a collection of snakes, crocodiles, and chelonians from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw ; with an appendix containing a list of the names of the places visited by the 'Skeat expedition', by W.W. Skeat.

  • Laidlaw, Frank Fortescue, 1876-1963.
Date:
1901
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Credit: List of a collection of snakes, crocodiles, and chelonians from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw ; with an appendix containing a list of the names of the places visited by the 'Skeat expedition', by W.W. Skeat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    5S4 following is a general list of the letters here used and their equivalents :— A. Vowels and dvphthongs :— a as in Eng. “ fac«de.’^ a as in last syllable of Eug. “ Africa.” e as in Eng. ‘‘ fete.” ^ e as in Eng. “ the ” when unaccented, e. g, “ the man,” or = short a in ‘^machine.” i as in Eng. “ machme.” i as in Eng. “ it” o as in Eng. “ note.” o as in Eng. “ got.” u as in Eng. “ rale.” u as in Eng. “ btdl.” au as ou in Eng. “ Jowt.” ei as in Eng. “ height.” B. Consonants:— B, D, P, T, II, J, L, M, N, B, as in English. CH always as in Eng. ‘^church”; S as in Eng. “sin” (never as z); G always hard ; medial NG always as in Eng. “ singer,” never as in Eng. “ stronger,” “ longer,” which sound is always written NGG. K initial as in Eng. “ kite,” but at the end of a word it is always a “ click,” formed by sharply closing the throat. The place-names which follow are taken in order, commencing at the northernmost point of the East Coast visited by us and working southwards. I. Ligor (called in Siamese “ Lakhawn ”). Small East Coast State, S. of 9° 20' (N. latitude). Chief village : Ligor. (Part of the Tale ^oi or Little Lake at the N. end of the Inland Sea is in Ligor.) II. SiNGGORA (correctly as spelt, but often written Sihgora). Small East Coast State lying S. of 7° 20' parallel of N. latitude; headquarters of the Siamese High Commissioner for the East Coast States. Chief village : Singgora (called in Siamese “ Sung-Kla”), situated at the entrance to the Tale Sap, or “ Inland Sea.” Other village visited: Lam Lorn. Inland iSea, or Big Lake, called Tale Sap. Little Lahe (at N. end of Tale Sap) called Tale Noi (“ Nawi ”). Islands in Inland Sea ; “ Birdsnest Islands ” (Ko Si Ha). [10]