CHINA. 1751. 185 



At night we heard a fort of mufic, partly 

 made by infers, and partly by the noife of 

 the Gungung in the Summaries and Bancfials. 



Arriving at Wam-pu, you have a large 

 field with rice on your right, for no other corn 

 is ufual in this country : part of this field 

 near the river is feparated from the reft by 

 a ditch, leading to a bancfhal, or warehoufe 

 for Englijh, Swedijb, and DaniJJo fhips ; thefe 

 (hips annually raife this place higher with their 

 ballad : but this time our people made a fine 

 flone quay where large boats could land. The 

 French have their warehoufe on the French 

 ifland, which lies on the left, fomewhat near- 

 er to Canton. The Dutch are forbid to come 

 here with feveral fhips at once, or to land any 

 baggage, having once attempted to bring 

 cannon on fhore in water-tubs ; but, as they 

 broke to pieces, their fcheme was difcovered. 

 I am told that the Dutch have fince got a banc- 

 fhal, in 1761. 



Bang sal (in French bancafal, in Englijh 

 bancfhal) is the place, or warehoufe, where we 

 flow all our unneceffary wood and tackle, 

 pitch and tar ; and keep our chicken, hogs-, 



