. 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. e same as that of the Niantic, tenyears before, in which I made the eastern passage to Chinathrough the innumerable islands, passages, straits and in-land seas comprising the Eastern Archipelago. We finallyarrived at Macao, a Portuguese colony, after a swift andpleasant passage of sixty-four days. Macao was first colonized by the Portuguese about th
. 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. e same as that of the Niantic, tenyears before, in which I made the eastern passage to Chinathrough the innumerable islands, passages, straits and in-land seas comprising the Eastern Archipelago. We finallyarrived at Macao, a Portuguese colony, after a swift andpleasant passage of sixty-four days. Macao was first colonized by the Portuguese about themiddle of the sixteenth century, and is situated on a smallpeninsula, near the mouth of the Canton river. It graduallyexpanded in size, and attained greater importance, and, atthe time of which I write, was a place of call for orders,and also captains of ships having their wives with themwould leave them there, because foreign women are deniedentrance into the Celestial Empire. Chinese women areadmitted to this country, but with considerable opposition. Here we discharged our cargo of ginseng root, and thenproceeded to Hong Kong. Since I was there last in the Niantic, Hong Kong hadbeen ceded to Britain by treaty made after the close of the. 244 HONG KONG. first opium war, namely: in 1842, and had improved mostrapidly, for where, as when on my first voyage, the placeconsisted of a few miserable Chinese dwellings, the newtown, which had sprung up since the possession of theisland by the British, contained many fine buildings. Theprincipal part of the town was built on a hill. Lord Saltownwas governor of the island. At Hong Kong, we loaded with a cargo of opium for theports on the noreast coast and Shanghai. This coast wasthen imperfectly known, and we had to keep the lead con-stantly going; but, in spite of all our caution, we got ashoreat the entrance of the East China, or Yellow Sea, and infour hours the Eagle was high and dry on her bilge, sothat we could walk right round her
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