REMINISCENCES OF A VOYAGE TO AND FROM CHINA. 175 
ing the plants. There were two places in the ship allowed us to stow 
the boxes. The first was the stern balcony, which was deemed a very 
suitable station, being airy, shady, and completely out of the way of 
working the ship. The second and principal place was that portion of 
the poop deck extending from the skylight aft to the stern-knees, and 
between the two middle tier of hen-coops. This space had a fixed 
frame erected over it, and covered with moveable planks ranging fore 
and aft, to be kept on when the business of the ship required, and taken 
off entirely at all other times. Besides this planking, which formed a 
platform for the men to stand on when necessary, we had canvas 
curtains to cover the whole platform when the spray was dashed over 
that part of the ship. See the annexed figures. 
REFERENCE, 
Fig. I. The frame of the awning. 
Fig. 2. The frame covered with canvas. One side down and fastened when necessary. 
End canvass turned back to shew the ends of the boxes within. The other 
side of the canvass rolled up. 
Fig. 3. One of tire boxes, two feet ten inches long, two feet wide, and two feet ten 
inches high, having strong handles at each end, and a part of one of the sides 
moveable downwards on hinges for admitting more air. 
Fig. 4. Manner of packing the plants. 
The height of the frame in all cases should be below a right line passing 
between the crutch or stern-rail abaft to the top of the forward rail of the poop, that 
the boxes or frame may not be in the way of unshipping the driver-boom or ruizen- 
yard. 
