Excerpt from Report of Proceedings on a Voyage to the Northern Ports of China: In the Ship Lord Amherst; Extracted From Papers, Printed by Order of the House of Commons, Relating to the Trade With China
On the 26th of February 1832, we commenced our voyage in the Lord Amherst, and proceeded out to sea through the Cap Sing and Lyee-mun passages, passing the beautiful harbour of Cow-lung, where a detachment of the Indiamen lay during the discussions of 1829. In all points, both of facility of egress and ingress, and in its perfectly land-locked situation, this harbour can hardly have a superior in the world, Constant fogs and calms prevented our making much progress; but on the evening of the 28th we stood out to sea with a strong wind, which gradually drawing round to the N. E. and E., soon increased to a violent gale, and after a stormy night we were happy to fetch back to Poyo Bay, on the south side of the island of Lantao, 30 miles to eastward off where we started the previous day.
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