. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. CHAPTEK XIT. KOREA. In 1855 our squadron cruised up the coast of Tar- tary, searching for the Eussian ships, which were not to be found, though I think they might have been if we had been more in earnest. At any rate, several magni- ficent bays and Iiarbours were entered and looked into; subsequently a few of our vessels found the Eussians, or some of them, in Castries Bay. The result is not worth mentioning. My object in referring to a circum- stance so devo
. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. CHAPTEK XIT. KOREA. In 1855 our squadron cruised up the coast of Tar- tary, searching for the Eussian ships, which were not to be found, though I think they might have been if we had been more in earnest. At any rate, several magni- ficent bays and Iiarbours were entered and looked into; subsequently a few of our vessels found the Eussians, or some of them, in Castries Bay. The result is not worth mentioning. My object in referring to a circum- stance so devoid of spirit in ourselves, is to show that at that time we were cruising in Chinese waters, off a portion of that kingdom. Since then the Eussians, by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. John, Henry Craven, 1837-1909. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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