JUSttWe BOATS. 



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Islands, like most of those about tliis part of die 

 Cliiiia coast, are bold, rugged, and hut very 

 entity cdiv«a?eii "by vegetatf on ; itas ^Jo^ca;! 

 structure is principally coarse grantte» approach- 

 ing; to sieiiite, and ([uartz, wliieli enters largely 

 into tlieir coinjinsitioii.* The iidialiitants of 

 these islantls appear to l>e principally fisbcrnieu, 

 md ik&thim& m&m^i&dL i^ie waters around to 

 some <!ista2iee, in ^aat numlkxB : some were 

 of very large size, being [n'obabl}' of sixty or 

 seventy tons bnrden, and are inhabited Ijy wliole 

 families ; the clatter of women, squalling of 



^iWw, rndT^iliig of dogs, could W hmcd 

 in maMff vth^ i» beatiug to "wiudtrard we 



came near any of tliem. 



These slenderly constructed but admirable 

 boats, with their large mat sails, some having 

 on©, tt<>^ &t tilted mastSi rapidity : 



tbey would towear^fi^Skll nwkwsiM fuxdi 

 aud bring some fish on hmxd for sale. The 

 women worked liard, and one would be often seen 

 with an infant at her back, with others running 

 after, seeking her protection, whilst she aaisisl^ 

 m Ih^ ^Idiious occtiy^^tions of the iiu^isklG^ 

 mi hfifuBuf -fiie^ iopes. They all had a darl, 

 wretched appearance, from the exposure to wea- 

 ther and hardships of many descriptions. When 

 •* Abel's China, 4to- p. 59. 



