. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. imilar language, features, manners, habits andform of body, which shows their identity at a glance. I wasnever really afraid of any live man, but that Malay gave memore uneasiness than any other mortal ever did before orsince. Pope says : The proper study of mankind is man. And another poet, whose lines are quoted here, but whosename I never knew, s
. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. imilar language, features, manners, habits andform of body, which shows their identity at a glance. I wasnever really afraid of any live man, but that Malay gave memore uneasiness than any other mortal ever did before orsince. Pope says : The proper study of mankind is man. And another poet, whose lines are quoted here, but whosename I never knew, says : The work of man is man to study wellWhereer he move, or where the races dwell,On barren shores, or in the tropic belt,Or where alternate heat and cold is felt, 336 HONG KONG. We had a philosopher on board, but he was not in mywatch. He held forth in the focastle, on deck, aloft, whereverhe could find a listening ear, on the various theories as tothe creation of man, and inclined to accept that in which itis taught that the great races were created at different timesin this order : Negro, Malay, American Indian, and Cau-casian, forming a progressive series, in which intellect andthe moral faculties are developed in the order WHAMPOANS. We had a good field for such studies in the east, and wecompared notes in the focastle very minutely, if not criti-cally At Hong Kong we discharged part of our cargo, and oncemore weighed, and stood out into the China Sea, bound upto Shanghai, some six hundred miles up the eastern coast,near the mouth of the Yang-tse-Kiang river. We had a CHINESE PILOT. 337 wearisome and tedious passage up, and were obliged to beatnearly the whole way, with an occasional slant, which tookus three weeks to accomplish. Arriving at Shanghai, wedischarged the remainder of our cargo, and, with only ballastenough to stiffen her, bade adieu to that port. Steeringdown the coast we reached Hong Kong in three days, comingto an anchor to wait for a chop or
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