The Merchant Vessel: a Sailor Boy's Voyages Around the World
The Merchant Vessel: a Sailor Boy's Voyages Around the World
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We were gone four months on our voyage. Oui ^•av amounted to the snug sum of forty pounds s; rling, (nearly two hundred dollars,) each. This wa^ con-.idcrcd quite an extra voyage.
'• In China, the sandal wood probably brought our cap- tain double the price he would have obtained f(»r it at Sydney, and thus he and the owners must have niadc a remunerative voyage." 1 he Chinese use the sandal wood in the manufacture 3f fans and other ornamental articles, and value it highly.
In fact, sandal wood ...and shark's fins are at this day two valuable articles of export from British India to various parts of China.
We passed safely through Torres' Straits, and in ihirty-five days from Sydney reached Lombok, or rather the port of Ampanam, on the western coast of the island. Lombok is a small but fertile i.sland of the Ma- lay Archipelago. It lies between the isles of liali. or Bally, and Sumbawa, separated from each by a narrow strait. Next west of Bally is the island of Java.
Lombok itself is thickly inhabited.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
We were gone four months on our voyage. Oui ^•av amounted to the snug sum of forty pounds s; rling, (nearly two hundred dollars,) each. This wa^ con-.idcrcd quite an extra voyage.
'• In China, the sandal wood probably brought our cap- tain double the price he would have obtained f(»r it at Sydney, and thus he and the owners must have niadc a remunerative voyage." 1 he Chinese use the sandal wood in the manufacture 3f fans and other ornamental articles, and value it highly.
In fact, sandal wood ...and shark's fins are at this day two valuable articles of export from British India to various parts of China.
We passed safely through Torres' Straits, and in ihirty-five days from Sydney reached Lombok, or rather the port of Ampanam, on the western coast of the island. Lombok is a small but fertile i.sland of the Ma- lay Archipelago. It lies between the isles of liali. or Bally, and Sumbawa, separated from each by a narrow strait. Next west of Bally is the island of Java.
Lombok itself is thickly inhabited.
What to read after The Merchant Vessel: a Sailor Boy's Voyages Around the World?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Nordhoff, Charles, 1887-1947 to read onlineMoreLess
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