The 'fan Kwae' At Canton Before Treaty Days, 1825-1844
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A day or two after, several merchant junks stood out from the mainland for the anchorage. As they approached we distinguished a private signal at their mastheads, a copy of which had been furnished to us before leaving Capshuymun. We hoisted ours, the junks anchored close to us, and in a surprisingly short time received from the ' Rose ' in their own boats the opium, which had been sold at Canton, and there paid for, deliver- able at this anchorage. It was a good illustration of the entire conf...idence existing between the foreign seller in his Factory at Canton and the Chinese buyers and of a transaction for a breach df any of the con- ' When a Chinese takes leave, he says, ' Kaou-tsze ' (^' I inform you of taking leave '), ^o OLD CANTON.
ditions of which there existed no legal redress on one side or the other. This parcel, whose value was $150,000, had been already packed in bags, marked and numbered, at Capshuymun. The Chinaman who held the order of the Canton house for its delivery, on coming on board unfolded it from a cotton handkerchief, smoked a pipe or two and drank a cup of tea with the Shroff while it was going over the side, then took leave of us with the usual ' Good wind and good water,' or, ' May your voyage be prosperous !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A day or two after, several merchant junks stood out from the mainland for the anchorage. As they approached we distinguished a private signal at their mastheads, a copy of which had been furnished to us before leaving Capshuymun. We hoisted ours, the junks anchored close to us, and in a surprisingly short time received from the ' Rose ' in their own boats the opium, which had been sold at Canton, and there paid for, deliver- able at this anchorage. It was a good illustration of the entire conf...idence existing between the foreign seller in his Factory at Canton and the Chinese buyers and of a transaction for a breach df any of the con- ' When a Chinese takes leave, he says, ' Kaou-tsze ' (^' I inform you of taking leave '), ^o OLD CANTON.
ditions of which there existed no legal redress on one side or the other. This parcel, whose value was $150,000, had been already packed in bags, marked and numbered, at Capshuymun. The Chinaman who held the order of the Canton house for its delivery, on coming on board unfolded it from a cotton handkerchief, smoked a pipe or two and drank a cup of tea with the Shroff while it was going over the side, then took leave of us with the usual ' Good wind and good water,' or, ' May your voyage be prosperous !
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