mntjm ttt.ttwr. 



iiad left.* The entrance is, however. difHcuit, 

 Wtsdi even dangerous for strangers ; yet, after 

 hwiig lieeR tiitc©, |he s^e p^psoij eotilcl easily 

 take a ship ia or out at any time without risk, 

 tiikinp: advaiitao-e of the titk^s. From tlie hmd 

 around this phice not Ik so elrvattHl as iu the 

 rival harbour, the gusts tliat deseeud from the 

 fnllmin stormy weather not ^ vijil«nt» 

 ■ci ship if emmx^mify not so IfeMe ^ Aivm m 



has been cxi)crienced during' some severe ty- 

 ]>hoons, wliieh occurred a short time previous to 

 our tirrival. 



Many those: $^ps that trade In 



opium^ (one of the most impci^iit, although 

 prohibited, branches of commerce in the Chinese 

 empire,) remain either in ihh harbour, or tliat 

 of the " Cap, sing, luoou, " during the season of 

 the year Itet fyphooQS am expected, mA ^«h«r 

 of^^e^iskMof lintin dimtif ihe fituhii^eather 

 months. One part of this trade in opium is 

 carried on l)y the Chinese smu*i'uling* boats, 

 which take it from the European receiving ships 

 atationed here, <yt Zime pro[)erly speaking at 

 " lantiia,''* (1fcfel>eliif merely a temporary ptee 

 of Tofiife from typh^oit^). 



* Wfiite ptei!pQis$S^ sI^My ttn|get1 with [)lnk, are fVequeiUly 

 f^em tumbling ^bout m the " itiocms" tiiid sea in the victnityr 



