Narrative of a recent imprisonment in China after the wreck of the Kite

afterwards allowed amongst amused anchor appearance arrived bamboo basin boat Bordeaux boys brig brought cages Canton Captain Anstruther carried chain chief mate China Chinese Chinese characters chopsticks Chusan clothes compradore crowded door Douglas and Captain dragged dress dysentery fast finished gate gave going gong guard guns hands head Hebe imagined immense number imprisonment interpreter irons jail jolly-boat joshouse junk kind Kite Lascars legs letters Lieut look Macao mainsail mandarin's house mandarins manner marines masts men-of-war miserable morning night Ningpo Noble noise officers old jailer party passage passed pice piece pork prisoners rice round sail sampan samshu schooner sedan sedans seemed sent servants ship short side signs silk soldiers soon stopped streets struck supper taken things tide told took topmast town Twizell vessel walked Webb and Wombwell whilst Witt wreck yard