At eleven o'clock the Rangoon rode out of Singapore harbour, and in a few hours the high mountains of Malacca, with their forests, inhabited by the most beautifully-furred tigers in the world, were lost to view.
A onze heures, le Rangoon, ayant son plein de charbon, larguait ses amarres, et, quelques heures plus tard, les passagers perdaient de vue ces hautes montagnes de Malacca, dont les forêts abritent les plus beaux tigres de la terre.