Printed at the Mission Press, 1879., Reprinted by Cheng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1971. 1 volume in-12, 119 pp. +iv., green cloth, in very good condition.
A study of the manners and customs of Chinese residents in the British colonies known as the Straits Settlement in the Strait of Malacca, focusing on the colony of Babas. This volume contains information on population, health habits, education, Chinese games, temples, birth and burial, domestic habits, judicial practices and secret societies, among other topics of interest.