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CHAPTER* 1 X .u
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Navigation : T h a t part o f the-coast ofÆhijia^afanîeiwhdehjjtfee through €he 1 . ■>, ° , Yeifowséa. squadron’had.already sailed«,-from the eastern linW^of
Tung-quin to the -Ghu-san islands,^measuréfrvtp wardsnf
one thousand nautical Tnilesj eachr about ass&th Jorfger
: than a common English : -initó What remained they.
.Ghirfeset;ôa)>:t from hence^tö the»OTt%ékrestto Pekin, in
the'gulf to which that capital gives -its -»ame, itdf.&n
ëxtent stiH more considerable. - But-at Chu-san-.thc®sqiia-? 1
dron wasf arrived at; the utmost boundarywf recorded
-European navigation-. The sea from thence, for-ab^Éf
ten degrees of latitude, and six oh longitude, wasy§terly
unknown^except to those who dwelt in the neighbourhood
of-its shore## Into this sea arà-tèeeivfed the-waters
of the great Whang-ko, or Yellow river of China. This
I river wafts, in its long and circuitous course, sùchr vâst
quantities of yellowish mud, that it takesyfrom that cir^
cumstance, and communicates to the adjoining sea, the
particular name by which they are both distinguished.
The Yellow sea is bounded by China, Tartary, and the
peninsula of Corea. It was no immaterial .advantage
,d'erivedi£|arn the Embassy, that it furnished an oppor- M m
tun&^ we^ltoring^iWithout .rbk, Jsol considerable a traGt, YeUow sea-
uhdser; the?<yndanee»off 'those 4 tid hadTrequently^passed
through' l.> Of the twoipilots obtained for thi§ purpose
at jGhuisan, one, was .reoeiyedi qndboardf the^.Lion; the
other wasisenfr to thjgfeHihdostan^Thb .fe^d^qnr.this
service^th'ey %pearecb#adydotperf6fm it, as« well as
tM y^ r e . abP&^Wherh- in d e e d ^ Europeani.pilot ar-
rivksShpomth^deck ^af^eJ-^oribbard of wbichfjris
assistaja-Gfetis?! required,takes, ■ a|f^e$|$ife{ helm, nand
^etesrhi^netiqnklih^a dintah^.ampngjthe Romans«
wMeiall pie4authorRy isiSnspebded^|-;e^eirted^ only. -
toienMe-obedieneeSt^hisLabs,olute commands., But the
Ghindfee, in: the; p^dt--''instance?,, Were. too. much' awed
i1 bythe^ni^elty ofthnirisituatiorivih the midst,of strangers^
d-to^be^ forward in ih&Efering. Theywerei howeyer?at-
tentivegto the pEoparatiobym'adedb® theqnosaeo^ohofthe
hbyageyarrdito all, the lmandepvr«»6f the, ships. Each? of
thenr:brought with him; a;. smalll MEine^co.mpass*^ but
tS^hadvtieifeherf charts,' par. any instrumenbforl asbefr
* taiftinghlatitudes. TWldcal -experiences it. is hue]: of
skilful-pilot§b®decm.ed .sufficient in regard fbkpasts-;. visited
cby fhemlfrequfently. It m m k uncommon;-hby^ I
pvier,,' on board» Qiwnes4l^(ds J&MY&r mapsior» sketches
of * theii> intendedbrnni^ i^hh„ thelrheighbour-mg.;;head|i
lands: c-utnr. engfavedfp-pon^ the back of «empty gpurd&j
the rqund form of whiph -cdBrdspdndsyin- some sort, «44