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are [[underline]] different [[/underline]] from those I saw in [[underline]] Shanghai. [[/underline]] Some have narrower beam and pointed bows and sail close to the wind. I see no leeboards. Numerous sails, [[underline]] some of woven matting others red tanned duck, [[/underline]] others white duck.  
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Some of the sails show considerable reach in the lead on account of [[strikethrough]] larger s [[/strikethrough]] longer stays in the middle. (See book & photos with sketches of [[underline]] Chinese sailboats [[/underline]] which I bought from [[underline]] Kelly & [[strikethrough]] Wash [[/strikethrough]] Walsh [[/underline]] at [[strikethrough]] Hong Kong store [[/strikethrough]] their [[underline]] Hong [[/underline]] Kong [[strikethrough]] store [[/strikethrough]] book store. The upper [[strikethrough]] gaff [[/strikethrough]] ^[[yard]] of the sails is hoisted with one halyard over one block for small boats or over a block & fall for the larger.
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The strip of bamboo which makes the [[strikethrough]] gr [[/strikethrough]] upper yard hug the mast. is not made close but extends from one end of the [[strikethrough]] ya [[/strikethrough]] upper yard to the other, thus allowing the yard free leeway to shift and adjust itself. There is ^[[about]] the same looseness ^[[looseness]] about the lower stays of the sail, thus ensuring easy sliding yet keeping the sail close enough to the mast, [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] so as to prevent bulging of the sail. The sails keep unusually flat thru this contrivance. [[underline]] I have never anywhere seen so many sails moving back and forward at the same time. [[/underline]] As our ship swings to its business-like pier, numerous small narrow sailboats about 30' x 8' surround us, dowse their sail