Navigation “ very goodbay fof vessels requiring not more than two
Yellow sea. 1 ‘ and"three fathoms wates. A dangërousirdefof rocks off
‘ ‘ the west^point stretefaeii noTth-east aB^sniith^eshhi^fe
“ mile, ànd might be-approached,within a •eablè’sd.ength,
§jp (therovbeing at that distance three fathoms} water. That
“ reefk formed the westèrn;;secnrity of thenbaÿ,; and
I ‘ must be kept to the left in entering into it. - Thedow
“ ground on Kei^san was in a good stateof cultivation;
1 ‘ with sevefal cohsiderable villages; but the hills-t^efe
“ quite barren. Opposite th#ffigh bluff, westerly point-,
“ were six fathoms and a half of-water a mile from the
“ shore.”
The. report of the Clarence,left no ronmaSi l r i ^ tf
any permanent shelter at Mi-a-tau;for-ships of such.asize
as theTion and Ilindostan, and took away from whatever
e0Hfidfi®ee;m%ht hâve been placed-in-'the Ohihesrerpij;@fss,
who had given so favourablêa description ol-the«iifc#
hour therebbifr was now, determined hyijSir Erasmus
„ GowérÿAeftre the squadron .should! ventit®: dnfw^^të
gulfofPekinp ofwhich the strait of Mi-a-tau- piightjbe
considered as theont-rance, to send an offieetfeexamine
particularly the mouth of the river which» fell into it
from T-ien-sing, in order-exactly , to ascertain whether
the ships might venture to it, and -whether: they qould
be in any place.of safety, whiledt might be n,eee#$ry to
remain in its neighbourhood. The Jackall was dispatched
forthis purpose. She was, however, scarcely gone when a
nsyfojffih iopsepilat,wafflheEfem.mendedJas»a’ personperfeetly N^gtion
well acqudiptedfwith l?h'e^kbqf Pekin-,-, and» river-leading Yellow Sea,
tqT ien -sin ig ^ fJe j^ s adman« of a,vene.r.ablriaspec6, pla'u-’
sible in his manner,. andiappeared* torkeiskilled in nautical
affairs. He assertedith>a#fhefh'was a#retiseffentfbar-
baur within six»njifesf q®*the Pebho^Or w lit^ - v e ^ which
flows 'fep'm^Tiemsjing*, w ith p le n ty o f waterrfoBlsbfpsSsr^f
anyjmagnitude ;■ and.dm^nfenp-dtibn’oftt-he$fljsct,$dre,w al
sketch ohthbplacevvritkk-s-nelat-iv^sitnation! irife^-ard
^ffhemortherns coaste of fthejgul-^sid mouth ofi t har
k er.$&TAte;j:aadf of Thnedhoo^fepsa^-heBd thej squadron*-
w-as^thensiafe^aEpkor',!' was-isov unsafe* that-thier’e? riasrdittl'4
likelihood« oh changing fo r.th o -w o rs ^ l^ fh ^ f^ h is ^ d l^
pi-lbt-’siihll®rmatidn should,ibe”incQi®icti.'s,}Th0tdet&rmiihk-
tion^asit^el^forestake», of entering.witehout furthirdbl-ay
® ta ’tfe,gHff of Pekin.
- is f c ith e tafitemoon o f.th e tw e r iiy -th ir d o fJ ,u l)# ;th e jw ihA
b eiq gp ea steriy i;. an d - th a ^w e a th eh i m ftd e^ 1t^ d ® lf^ ^ a n d
pfeasant^fehe SsJp&adrom ma dm s ail^Maiy 1 n thfeiMipritak
islaaads^.erL- th e r i ^ k ’^ T h <§«seaee.®astt*t®»th% yfSsewaKd,i
r.Ound- the}h-igh,-bluff p o in t o f.T en e eh o o sfo o li ijs -pbrfeetJj^'
flat,,and¥y5as,qusfeivisibk#romi. tha!ie.e]8'. 'Theife-is e itlie k
a l a f g ^ n l e t o n th is part o£}the&epakls?..,^ d a^ lb^ dM an d i
l y in g n ea r'd^ ffo r the* m asts o ft G^piyKjBd^jsjiiiks-
e e k e d t r is in g fro hi, w ith in thec-land., T h e L io n ,e© k h e®
r e tu rk a fte rw a rd s frp rh itfc^gu lf, disc<^ej:ed^i®#£iteh>sk|©?.
reef-stretGhing,.east .b)%squt'h) andbwesfe’b y p ik ito k fo b the;
d istan c e of; tw o m ile s , w ith 1 threeffatkGums'andf tflla lftoT