. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. Temple of the Thundering Ec o CD C3-*! Pi rc &-• O THE CONSULAR PORTS. 199 CHAPTER XV. THE CONSULAR PORTS OF The approach to Canton by water is through the Bocca Tigris, and upthe Pearl or Canton river. The anchorage for foreign shipping is atWhampoa (pronounced Wompoo), a reach in the river, twelve miles belowCanton, above which it is impossible for large ships to go. The anchorageis four miles in length, the American vessels generally occupying the higherberths, an
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. Temple of the Thundering Ec o CD C3-*! Pi rc &-• O THE CONSULAR PORTS. 199 CHAPTER XV. THE CONSULAR PORTS OF The approach to Canton by water is through the Bocca Tigris, and upthe Pearl or Canton river. The anchorage for foreign shipping is atWhampoa (pronounced Wompoo), a reach in the river, twelve miles belowCanton, above which it is impossible for large ships to go. The anchorageis four miles in length, the American vessels generally occupying the higherberths, and the English the lower. Their cargoes are here taken out inboats and carried to Canton, and their return-freight brought down. HerBritish majestys ship Blenheim, seventy-four, sailed up within four milesof the city of Canton, in May, 1841, along the south side of Honam island;but that channel has since been blocked up by the Chinese. The town ofWhampoa lies on the island north of the anchorage, and may be seen in thedistance in our engraving. The prospect from the hills beyond is pic-turesque and charming, giving the spectator
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