. Narrative of a voyage round the world : performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841 ; published under the authority of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty. FAST BOAT OR SMUGGLER. 1841.] TEA BOATS. 239 smuggling opium, and which frequently, from theirsuperior class of crew, compel the mandarin fastboats to make the best of their way for annexed wood-cut represents the vessel; the armsmay be seen in the plate, where the gingal is alsoin use. The tea l)oat is calculated pri
. Narrative of a voyage round the world : performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841 ; published under the authority of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty. FAST BOAT OR SMUGGLER. 1841.] TEA BOATS. 239 smuggling opium, and which frequently, from theirsuperior class of crew, compel the mandarin fastboats to make the best of their way for annexed wood-cut represents the vessel; the armsmay be seen in the plate, where the gingal is alsoin use. The tea l)oat is calculated principally for rivernavigation, and is generally about one hundred feetin length by twenty wide. They are fitted with asubstantially built arched roof, having a sliding archabaft the mast, which admits of loading. This archslides closely in grooves, which renders it rainproof I found these vessels would conveniently accom-modate one hundred and twenty men TEA BOAT. The sampan is very similar to a boat cut in twainwith a stern fitted inside the planking; its greatest 240 RECEIVE UUR RELEASE. [1841. breadth being at the stern, which forms a is shown stern on in the wood-cut of the trad-ing junk. They are navigated by Tartar luomen,who entirely live in them at night; they are housedby a sliding bamlioo arch, which is pushed back,like scales, by day. On the 14th of November, her Majestys shipLarne arrived from Chusan and Ningpo, bringingthe lately promoted captains and other officers fromthe squadron, on their homeward jDassage. By her Ireceived my release, with a private note from theadmiral; but my little consort, the Starling, was tobe paid olf, her crew transferred to the Sulphur, andCaptain Kellett to re-man her by volunteers fromthe merchantmen, and join the admiral, for survey-ing service. To me this detention ^\ould perhaps have beenless felt; but Kellett had so long set his hearton home and arranging his affairs, th
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