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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
·
Captain Adam Seaborn
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CHAPTER
XVIII
The
Author
arrives
at
Canton.--Transactions
in
China.--Sails
for
the
United
States.--Loss
of
manuscripts.--Difficulties
with
Mr.
Slim.
We
had
a
pleasant
run
to
Macao
Roads,
with
all
the
usual
varieties
of
wind
and
weather.
Having
a
full
cargo
of
furs
from
the
South
Seas,
a
chop
to
proceed
to
Whampoa,
the
place
where
foreign
ships
unlade
and
lade
their
cargoes,
was
readily
obtained.
The
Chinese
regulations
provide
for
the
prompt
admission
of
vessels
actually
laden
with
useful
merchandise,
but
exclude
all
such
as
have
no
cargoes,
which
compels
vessels
that
have
nothing
but
ballast
and
specie
to
report
their
stores
as
cargo.
I
received
abundant
civilities
on
my
arrival
at
Canton.
A
shipmaster,
with
a
cargo
of
three
or
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
at
his
disposal,
is
exposed
to
the
most
assiduous
attentions.
Upon
this
occasion
my
thanks
were
particularly
merited
by
Mr.
W.
and
Mr.
C.,
both
of
whom
very
kindly
proffered
me
all
the
services
in
their
power
for
a
moderate
commission:
but
in
this,
as
in
other
instances,
I
preferred
dealing
directly
with
the
natives,
from
the
belief
that
they
were
quite
as
well
versed
in
the
business
of
their
country
as
any
foreigners
could
be.
Chien-loo,
a
native,
obtained
handsome
offers
for
my
cargo
very
promptly,
and
I
soon
sold
the
whole
of
my
skins,
large
and
small
together,
at
two
dollars
and
three
quarters
each.
These,
with
the
tortoise
shell,
produced
the
handsome
sum
of
three
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars,
clear
of
charges.
I
lost
no
time
in
selecting
a
cargo
of
teas,
nankeens,
and
silks,
and
as
much
china
ware
as
was
necessary
for
dunnage.
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