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now - Conclude to give up visit to Pekin. Will go there some other time when climate is better.
There are [[underline]] Sampans and Junks [[/underline]] of every description around. This is a [[underline]] beautiful roomy harbor, excellent wharves [[/underline]] docks, and general equipment, all new well and substantially built - good modern Engineering. Many large steamers at anchor or near wharves: Basins crowded with [[underline]] Sampans [[/underline]] Almost all [[underline]] ketch rigged [[/underline]] with balanced lug sails braced by bamboo stays the thin end of the bamboo nearest to the luff of the sail. Some have Western sails without stays, some have the foresail stayed
[[left margin]] Japanese & Chinese boat rig [[/left margin]]
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and the mizzen sail, loose footed and without stays. [[underline]] Most have no bowsprit and [[/underline]] carry a forestay sail and no jib. others carry forestay, jib and flying jib and have a long jib-boom. The masts are stepped in [[underline]] wooden tabernacles [[/underline]] and fastened with 2 iron bolts and an iron collar on top. [[underline]] Masts are tall, [[/underline]] foremast as high as over all length. Some have only 1 shroud on each side. They carry a spur geared winch before fore mast with which they handle ground tackle or [[strikethrough]] ha [[/strikethrough]] set up or lower their masts. To lower foremast they first use winch, then sling throat or top halyard of mizzen over foremast, thus lower or rise gradually when the forestay, passed thru a block at the boom has no longer
[[left margin]] There is an active yacht club at Kobe see page 43. [[/left margin]]