Chu-san
Islands.
from the adjacent hills into little: channels, through
which it was conveyed to every, .part of those plantar
tions. It was manured, instead of the dung^pf animals,
with matters more offensive to the human senses,; and
which are not very generally. applied to the purposes
of agriculture in England. Earthen vesselswere sunk
into the ground for the .reception of ,such manure;
and for containing liquids of an-analogous nature,:dn
which' the grain was steeped previously to its being
sown, an operation which is supposed to hasten the
growth of the future plant, as well as »to prevent any
injury from insects in its.terider. state.
.The party fell in with a peasant who, tho * struck
with their appearance* was not so scared by it as.tocshun
them. He was dressed in loose garments ofsbi^^cotton,
a straw hat upon his head-fastened by a string, undehhis
chin, and half boots upon his legs*,- He seemed to enter
into the spirit of curiosity, naturally animating, travellers,
and readily led them towards an adjoiniag 'village.
Passing by a small farm house, they , were invited Jupto
it by the tenant, who, together with his son,-, observed
them with astonished eyes. The house was built of
wood, the uprights:, of the natural form of the timber.
No ceiling concealed, the inside of the roof, which was
put together stronglyj. and covered with the straw of
rice. The floor was of earth beaten hard, and the. partitions
between the rooms consisted,of mats hanging from
tfebeams. Two spinning Wheels« for,-cotton were seen Islands. ■.
in thetoliter -room; but the>seatsgf©$j ther* sfinner&iwefe =5===;
eufipi?^.; They haflf probablyjJa&aS f ille d ^ females*
whoietired on the approach*,^ strange;; ^hile. they»
ite'mained, none ofrthattsex append- RoundKth#^|ius^
were planted clusters of bam-kap, and of that sp'erfie„s^©f
palm;mf whiGfeeaGhl^x^sfinWk#^6 form of^fan»»; and
uspcbas such; becomes, an.» artible>piitn;§richandize.
The Teturn of the tide put ari»#end^tq^this to
Low#g, of whichyplace on^»of . t h t ^ i^ f s^i;d;t-hatat
was- so- considerable, and so wellipgo^led'l^i^cpntain
near -fen thousand inhabitants.»..
TheiSlalMO^proe'eedingwto wards, -Chu^nfe came,.» in
the dusk of-the ‘ evening fb a io n g ^ ^ .^ ig ^ p r om p n -
tory, called in the chart Kee-i»o|point. .-M i#^e,'extre-
mity^of ipichain o f ,mountains' upon t-heaGh|^g-S§^S€®it;i-!
nent, composed apparentl^f of,masses>.o^,gf a m i t R qund
this pointifhe tide ran in whi^lrapeddie’s, wi^k#yrapia
dity that would^fer.Ge>intb; i-t$;/vortex- ^/ship*M>f the
largest SizeVruMess^a>strong b r e e ^ ^ ^ f d he^fe^ail-
paSf it. Within a hundred y-ardsaof;%etpqint,,themg^
is’ brought up from th^bbttpm iu ^e^^uap.ti^fS4S: to
excite alarm, lest the ship should strike
those who are not- aware fchewast depthfof w ^ t < '
this spot, which exceeds ©ne?.h,updredyfat.ht)^ss': A lifde
to the southward of the-point th^GlarOppe; foupd^good
anchdrage,- in seventeen fathoms, ^fce^'it was - thou^rt