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eity. would have borne i his name a living 
monument of his father’s glory, and a 
pledge of his right to ascend the throne 
of Priam m preference to any other of 
his descendants; and her disappointment 
in this respect led the weeping mother, 
with much propriety and pathos, to dwell 
upon thesad reverse of fortune which now 
mevitably awaited her only child, ae 
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FOURNAL Of @ voYacE performed in the 
ENDIAN SEAS, t0 MADRAS, BENGAL, 
€HINA, &¢., §c., 7 HIS MAJESTY’S 
SHIP CAROLINE, tw ihe YEARS 1803-4-5. 
Communicated to the MONTHLY MAGAZINE 
by an OFFICER of that SHIP. 
ROCEEDING up Junk river to 
Canton, the scenery becomes more 
and moré interesting every mile; the 
gmandarifs’: seats mere} numerous, the 
grounds better cultivated, and laid out 
m gardens and: orangeries, while large 
and populous _ villages present then 
selvesuat every winding of the stream, 
ana tend not a little “to embellish its 
banks. But what engages a stranger’s 
attention more than. all the rest, is 
the endless variety of Chinese boats 
and vessels of every description, from the 
sanpan to junks of a thousand tons, con- 
tinually passing and repassifig before his 
eyes: of these the most curious and beau- 
tiful are the tea and passage boats. 
former are long and very handsome. In 
these the tea is brought down from the 
mterior provinces to Canton; when they. 
have got a fair wind they make use of 
sails, but et other times they mnpel them 
along by bamboo poles, having a bench 
running along from ene end of the vessel 
to the other, on each side, aud close to 
the water’s edge; on these ten or 2 dozen 
men (each with his bamboo) stand, and 
drive the boat witk considerable velocity. 
The Wam pos passage-boats, however, 
look like little Moating castles, so elegantly 
are they painted and decorated. 
raised several fect above the deck, and oc- 
cupying two-thirds of the vessel’s length, 
fitted up inside with tables, chairs, &c. 
all of excellent workmanship, serves asa 
cabin, where the passengers can sit and 
drink tea, or loll on sofas, at their ease ; 
on the sides are stairs to ascend into the 
eabin, and the vessel inside and out, is 
arnished in the lighest stile: these oc- 
casionally make use of sails like the tea 
boats, but they for the most purt are sculled. 
by carson each quarter. They ciarge a 
Europea from six to ten dollars for a 
> eee _ & 
Fournal of a Voyage in the Indian Seas. 
The. 
Adome’ 
[July I, 
passage in one of these from Canton to 
Wampoa. 
Mid-way between the two last men- 
tioned piaces, we passed a beautitul white 
pagoda, ealled the Middle Pagoda; it 1s 
very high, slender, and apparently of ex- 
quisite architecture. At some distance 
from the factories we passed the ruins of 
two European forts, called the Dutch 
ape French Folies; one of them situated 
1 alittle island in the middle of the river, 
wie om hence to the European factories, 
the crewd of boats was so immense, that 
our progress was exceedingly slow? and 
night came on before we could reach the 
city: this, however, is perhaps the best’ 
time for a stranger to approach Canton: 
for then the concourse of boats and ves~ 
sels of various descriptions, all highly il- 
Juminated; the chop houses on shore be- 
decked wath great number of globular 
oil-paper lamps; the din of the Chinese 
language | on every side; the clangor of 
their gongs, the shrill notes of their mu- 
sic, and the glare of their fire-works, all 
combine ta form a scene so novel and 
striking, that the impression which it 
leaves on the memory, can hardly ever 
be erased! 
It took us nearly an hour, to make our 
way through the throng on this part of 
the river, when the sight of European or 
rather Anglo-Oriental houses announced 
our vicmity to. the factories, which are 
situated on the north-eastern side of Taa’ 
or Tigris. 
The European factories at Canton ex> 
tend a considerable way.along the banks 
of the river, at the distance of about 
two hundred feet from the water’s edge; 
they consist of a range of very elegant 
houses, each having the flag of the nation 
to which it belongs, hvisted from sunrise 
till sunset, on a flac-staff opposite to the 
gate of t he factory. 
Except the French, this range enki. 
bited in day-time the colours of most of 
the European maritime powers; but the 
English factory or rather series of ware- 
houses exceeds all the others both in ele- 
gance and extent: in this great and come- 
mercial city, the mart of Buropean trade 
seems to be fixed at the British factory. 
Here it is, that one beholds the bustle — 
oi Chinese merchants and people of all 
descriptions; the mountains Gf I may he 
allowed the expressiou ) of the most. va- 
luable Chinese goods of every kind piled 
up on the beachi,- >: Ey EE ansported tc 
our ships at We id while the tiny and 
conimed commerce of other nations ren~ 
ders 
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