Report of Proceedings on a Voyage to China - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1834. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... On the 26th of February, 1832, we commenced our voyage in the Lord Amherst, Captain Rees, and proceeded out to sea, from Macao, through the Cap Sing and Lyee-mun passages, passing the beautiful harbour of Cow-lung, where a detachment of the Indiamen lay during the discussions of 1829. In all points, both of facility of egress and ingress, and in its perfectly land-locked situation, this harbour can hardly have a superior in the world. Constant fogs and calms prevented our making much progress; but on the evening of the 28th we stood out to sea with a strong wind, which gradually drawing round to the N.E. and E., soon increased to a violent gale, and after a stormy night we were happy to fetch back to Poyo Bay, on the south side of the island of Lantao, 30 miles to eastward off where we started the previous day. It would be tedious and uninteresting to recapitulate B the detail of constant harassing delays and impediments we met with ere we reached Namo, which forms the boundary between Canton and Fokien provinces. The distance is only 220 miles from Macao, yet it took us a period of 31 days. I will content myself with giving a brief description of the various places we were compelled to visit for shelter. On the 5th of March, finding it impracticable to contend against the adverse wind and current, we anchored in a large bay open to the south; on the east side is a town called Tysha-me, which apparently is a place of some trade, from the numerous junks we saw there. A party from our ship landed at a small village higher up the bay, called Ma-kung. This part of the coast is in Haefung-heen, and belongs to Hway-chow-foo. The character, manners, and language of the natives are singularly different from those in the vicinity of Canton, the dialect of which place is ...