. William H. Seward's travels around the world. the Gulf of Pe-chee-lee. A bleak northeaster, with rain, wind, and darkness, drove the cabin as soon as we had parted with the Colorado. When,during the day, the decks dried, the winds grew higher and theseas rougher, and we have remained prisoners below, until the morn-ing. This cold weather, on the verge of the tropics, is a surprise;the high winds compel rthe native shipping to hug the coast, andequally oblige foreign vessels to keep away from it. Thus, it hashappened that we have seen neither ship nor coast, although anarrow sea divides
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. the Gulf of Pe-chee-lee. A bleak northeaster, with rain, wind, and darkness, drove the cabin as soon as we had parted with the Colorado. When,during the day, the decks dried, the winds grew higher and theseas rougher, and we have remained prisoners below, until the morn-ing. This cold weather, on the verge of the tropics, is a surprise;the high winds compel rthe native shipping to hug the coast, andequally oblige foreign vessels to keep away from it. Thus, it hashappened that we have seen neither ship nor coast, although anarrow sea divides the great island of Formosa on our left from thecontinent. !Now that we are approaching Hong-Kong, we aresurrounded with native craft. We mark a new phase in this navigation. We found the sea-men, on the Pacific mail-steamer China, chiefly Chinese; so theyare in the coastwise trade of the Yellow Sea. This Chinese monop-oly is broken here. At the ships muster this morning, the ranksshowed many variations of physiognomy, with all shades of dark. ARRIVAL AT HONG-KONG. 231 complexion. Of Europeans there are none; besides the light-yellow Chinese, there are the darker Malays ; small but activeHindoos, almost black, with perfect Caucasian features and curling-hair ; and strongly-built, heavy-featured, coal-black negroes fromSouth Africa. The languages and religions of the crew are notless diverse. There are Bramins, Buddhists, Confucians, andMohammedans. While uniform discipline is enforced, differenceof faith, as well as of diet and costume, is tolerated. The Chinesedress as on shore. The Hindoos wear a gay cotton blouse, onweek-days, which they exchange on holidays for tightly-fitting cot-ton trousers and blouses of the same material, scarlet or crimsonsashes, and turbans. The Hindoo boatswain adds to this a gilt-embroidered, scarlet vest. The Malays wear calico pantaloons, withwhite shirts, and the negroes, here as everywhere else, indulge inthe gayest of colors. The ships accomm
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