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to visit Singapore — Vast preparations of an alarmist to receive pirates, 
and the way in which we learned the meaning of the Malay word 
“man-ar-r” 74 
CHAPTER VI. 
>Ve are deserted by the Hancock and Kennedy, and find ourselves called 
upon to enjoy a moonlight walk, which proves to be so pleasant that 
we continue the exercise for two days — AVe visit a Malay village, and 
are cautioned against the ferocity of Chinese dogs 92 
CHAPTER VII. 
We arrive at IIong-Kong, and find more repairs wanted — Commander 
Ringgold returns to the United States in bad health, and Lieutenant- 
Commanding John Rodgers takes the command of the Expedition — 
Something about human life and ducks in China, and how we were 
liberally entertained by the foreign merchants of Canton 113 
CHAPTER VIII. 
How wc talked of visiting Pekin by watei*,” and how the “ old John' ’ 
and Cooper were pressed into the coi-ps diplomatique — How an old 
tub amused herself by rolling her masts out, and how a New-York 
pilot-boat weathered a gale — How we visited the great city of Fou- 
Chow-Foo, and how wc saw cormorants catching fish 127 
CHAPTER IX. 
Vt e arrive at Sliangliae, ■whence we sail with the commissioners for the 
Pi-ho — AVe pass over the Yellow Sea in fine style, anchor in sight of 
the mouth of the Pi-ho, and send in the smaller vessels — AYe fail to 
“reach Pekin by water,” and return in disgust to Shanghae, where 
the old John’s engine “runs down” 143 
CHAPTER X. 
We hear a distressing rumour and ai’c greatly dispirited — AVe are re- 
quested by the merchants of Shanghae to attack a piratical squadron, 
and evince a praiseworthy readiness for action — ^The “old John” 
astonishes the Chinese of the AA’’an-chew River, after which she visits 
Formosa and liberates two Chinese convicts 159 
