THREE VESSELS LYING AT ANCHOR
In (he R iv e r o f K ing-po,
T he m id d le vessel, with the stern in v iew, was a trad in g ship with o u t
c a rg o ; in th is the p e c u lia r c o n stru c tio n o f the stern is exemplified, being
ho llowed in to an in d e n te d angle, for the p ro tec tio n o f the ru d d e r, w h ich is
lifted out o f th e wa te r b y a ro p e , to presei-ve it. T h e C h in e se characters
o ver th e ru d d e r, denote th e name o f the vesse l; an d the bisected cone
ag a in st the ste rn , is ap p ro p ria ted to the same use as th e q uarter-galleries
o f o u r ships.
T h e small vessel was h ire d fo r the service o f the Em b assy , an d em p
lo y ed in tra n sp o rtin g baggage; the la rg e r vessel conveyed a p a rt o f the
Em b a s sy from N in g -p o , to T c h u -s a n , where they embarked on board the
H in d o s tá n , for C a n -to n . T h e p row o f this vessel has a s in g u la r ap p e a rance,
th e u p p e r p a rt o f the ste rn te rm in a tin g in two wings, o r h o rn s . T h e .
small b o at (o r Sam-paan, as called b y the Chinese) is a necessary ap p e n dage
to vessels o f this size.