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tion, some years ago, in their, form, bringing them 
nearer to tbe model of an European ship, was so 
severely reprehended in high quarters, that it was 
found prudent to desist from the indiscreet improve- 
ment. At the same time, it must be confessed, 
that compared with the vessels of their immediate 
neighbours, the junk, as a commercial vessel, has :. 
vast superiority; and in the seas which they navi- 
gate, so regular are the monsoons, that they get on 
tolerably well. 
Occasionally, however, they must encounter those 
terrific tempests called typhoons, which are peculiar 
to these seas, and which, with the hurricanes of the 
opposite hemisphere, are the most furious storms 
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that blow. They rise with fearful rapidity, often 
coming on suddenly from a calm; and before the 
