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wait for a fair v:hicL ]\lore than once she put me in mind 
of one of those Chinese junks which make but two trips 
the year, sailing before the monsoon to their port, and 
then waiting for the opposite monsoon to bring them 
back. Without steam she was like a log. 
Here I am, then, on board of the Old John” at last; 
and, by tui'ning back to the “list of officers,” the reader 
will see that old “bust-proof” and his master are keep- 
ing me company. Wo three kept together during the 
whole of that eventful cruise, although the former did 
attempt my life on more than one occasion, and the 
latter never could be persuaded that the fault was any- 
where but in my own carelessness. And now, while wo 
are “preparing for sea,” let me touch lightly upon the 
four Eastern ports of Victoria, Macao, Whampoa, and 
Canton. 
These places all lie W'ithin a circle of one hundred 
miles, Macao, the most central, being in lat. 22° 14' N. 
and long. 113° 32' E., according to Raper. The first is a 
colony of the English, more generally known under tho 
name of IIong-Kong, and situated on an island of that 
name; the second, an old colony of the Dutch, and 
situated on a promontory about half-way between Vic- 
toria and Canton ; and the fourth, a large city which 
every one knows to be on the Canton River. Add to 
this the fact of its having an execution-j’ard, a small 
hotel, and a few foreign merchants with their club-room, 
and the reader knows nearly as much about it as I do : 
the rest he will see shortly. The third, Wniampoa, I 
mention last because least, and will here make an end of 
it by simply remarking that it is a Chinese bamboo 
