Journal of voyages to China and return, 1851-1853 . ent was settingus, and for an hour there was considerableanxiety on board of the Ship for our the chart we knew there was no anchorageshort of Seventy fathoms except close in to thisreef, and we were fearful the current would setus where there was less water than we the last ten years several ships hadtouched upon this reef and two of them belong-ing to a Boston house, John Brown & Co. —and drawing less water than our ship; one ofthem taking a piece of the reef weighing 133lbs. home with her. But we fortunately passedove
Journal of voyages to China and return, 1851-1853 . ent was settingus, and for an hour there was considerableanxiety on board of the Ship for our the chart we knew there was no anchorageshort of Seventy fathoms except close in to thisreef, and we were fearful the current would setus where there was less water than we the last ten years several ships hadtouched upon this reef and two of them belong-ing to a Boston house, John Brown & Co. —and drawing less water than our ship; one ofthem taking a piece of the reef weighing 133lbs. home with her. But we fortunately passedover without touching. At 7 oclk we wereexactly opposite Anjer and were again boardedby three Malay boats filled with live stock, etc.,part of which the Capt. purchased. When theboats came along side the leader jumped onboard with his book in which the name of everyvessel that passes is placed together with anyinformation which might be of benefit to ves-sels following. I noticed the Flying Cloudhad passed a few days before us, 6 days from. HENRY BLANEY 83 Hong Kong which is the shortest passage by 6days on record. This same vessel sailed from NewYork to San Francisco in 89 days, the quickesttrip ever made from port to I noticed the Lantao Capt. Bradbury passed 30 Octo. 27days from Shanghae, and with his memoran-dum of 5 piculs Sweet Potatoes, 5 piculs yamsand2 dozen fowls — The Oriental 27 days,Tartar 12 days, Adelaide 17 days, andour own ship Mandarin 17 days, all fromShanghae. March 8. Becalmed all day wdthin sight ofAnjer off Cockatoa Island, a beautiful pyra-midal shaped hill, the summit of which is fre-quently obscured by clouds half way to its base. March 9. At daylight Cockatoa still in sightand bearing North. Lat. ; Long. currents setting into the Straits. At Cockatoa bearing by N. distance 10miles. March 10. Lat. ; Long. At4 Cockatoa bearing east by north. Princes 1 The record of the Flying Cloud, quoted above
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