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VOYAGE TO THE 
CHAP, at a large oar as a scull, keeping time to a song, of which the chorus 
was ya ha mashawdy, or words very similar. 
May. They were elegantly dressed in gowns made of grass cloth, of 
which the texture was fine and open, and being a little stiff, formed a 
most agreeable attire in a country which was naturally warm. To 
prevent this robe being incommodious while walking, it was bound at 
the waist with a girdle, linen or silk, according to the rank of the 
wearer. They had sandals made of straw, and one of them, whose name 
was An-yah, had linen stockings. None of them had any covering to 
the head, but wore their hair turned back from all parts, and secured 
in a knot upon the crown, with two silver pins, kamemshe and oomesashe, 
the former of which had an ornamental head resembling a flower with 
six petals ; the other was very similar to a small marrow-spoon. Each 
person had a square silken tobacco-pouch embroidered with gold and 
silver, and a short pipe of which the bowl and mouth-piece were also 
silver, and one who was secretary to An-yah carried a massy silver case 
of writing materials. 
They saluted us very respectfully, first in the manner of their own 
country and then of ours, and An-yah, by means of a vocabulary which 
he brought in his pocket, made several inquiries, which occasioned the 
following dialogue. “ What for come Doo Choo * ? ” “ To get some water, 
refit the ship, and recover the sick.” “ How many mans?” “ A hundred.” 
“ Plenty mans ! You got hundred ten mans?” “ No, a hundred.” “ Plenty 
guns?” “Yes.” “How many?” “Twenty-six.” “Plentymans, plenty guns •’ 
What things ship got ?” “Nothing, ping-chuen “No got nothing ?” 
“ No, nothing.” “Plenty mans, plenty guns, no got nothing ! ” and turning 
to his secretary he entered into a conversation vdth him, in which it ap- 
peared almost evident that he did not wholly credit our statement. It 
was, however, taken down in writing by the secretary. 
In order more fully to explain myself I showed them some sen- 
tences written in Chinese, which informed them that the ship was an 
English man-of-war ; that the king of England was a friend of the em- 
* This word is pronounced Doo-Choo by the natives, but as it is known in England as 
Loo Choo, I shall preserve that orthography. 
f A man-of-war in China is called ping-chuen or soldier-ship. 
