Life on the ocean: . Z JmMmi. ^Tflll iiif LIFE ON THE OCEAN. 147 Standing up the river in the night, througn the neg-ligence of the pilot, we ran foul of an English Eastludiaman, and carried away our jib-boom and fore-top-gallant-mast. On the morning of the 10th, at 10 A. M., we an-chored at Whampoa, after an absence of one year and ahalf from our native land. We found lying here vesselsof almost all nations; among the rest, there were a num-ber of American ships waiting for cargoes. Whampoa isabout fifteen miles from the city of Canton. The riverbecomes narrower from Whampoa, and the water sh
Life on the ocean: . Z JmMmi. ^Tflll iiif LIFE ON THE OCEAN. 147 Standing up the river in the night, througn the neg-ligence of the pilot, we ran foul of an English Eastludiaman, and carried away our jib-boom and fore-top-gallant-mast. On the morning of the 10th, at 10 A. M., we an-chored at Whampoa, after an absence of one year and ahalf from our native land. We found lying here vesselsof almost all nations; among the rest, there were a num-ber of American ships waiting for cargoes. Whampoa isabout fifteen miles from the city of Canton. The riverbecomes narrower from Whampoa, and the water shoaler;consequently it will not admit vessels of heavy draught;indeed, the Chinese will not permit foreign vessels to ap-proach the city nearer than the latter place. Captain W. and his clerk proceeded immediately toCanton, and orders came down, the next day, to sendup the specie with the boats well armed, as many of theLadrones, or pirates, were iurUing about the river, andcould not be distinguished from the Chinese boats ing
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