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THE BANJA PIRATES. By Peter Blundell. (Oxford Univer- sity Press.

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Jack Carton finds himself aboard the brig ' Neptune,' which is on commission to put down piracy in Malaya. Jadk is captured by a " pirate Sultan " and sold as a slave ; but his British integrity sees him through in the end. Full of

Eastern colour, healthy, and racily told.