CHAPTER XVIII.

PROCEEDINGS IN KEANG-SOO PROVINCE.

APPEARANCE

VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHWARD- ARRIVAL AT WOO-SUNG
OF THE COUNTRY-RECEPTION ON SHORE-JOURNEY TO SHANG-HAE
- INTERVIEW WITH THE OFFICERS-BOOKS DISTRIBUTED—ARRIVAL
OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE-REFUSAL TO STAND BEFORE HIM -
DISCUSSION ABOUT CEREMONIES REASONS FOR DECISION - AT-
TEMPT TO ENTER THE CITY UNPLEASANTNESS AT PARTING —
OPERATIONS AMONG THE JUNKS REMARKS ON WOO-SUNG
ITS INHABITANTS - ARRIVAL OF A GENERAL-DESCRIPTION OF THE
MILITARY- AND FORTIFICATIONS-VISIT OF ONE MANDARIN —CUN-
NINGNESS OF ANOTHER -UNSUCCESSFUL VOYAGE - PLEASANT TOUR
THE PEOPLE EAGER FOR BOOKS-AND THE SOLDIERS FOR GAIN-
DIFFICULTIES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.

AND

On the first of October we set sail, with a light breeze, to the southward for two days we were becalmed; and on the fourth, had strong head winds, and a heavy sea, with much rain. It being the Lord's day, we held service in the cabin, and towards evening the wind grew more moderate and fair. The sea, however, still continued high.

The next day we enjoyed a fair wind, and held on our course to the southward. On the sixth, we made the Choo-san archipelago, and came to an anchor off Gutzlaff's island. The day following, notwithstanding the gloomy and rainy weather, we got under weigh; but the tide setting us on the edge of a sand-bank, we were obliged to come to, after running about twenty

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