Tungchow, explained that waster of the ill-fated: Hairy At the age of 19, ha!
sailor on the Taikoo stre! Hai-kou, a seagoing vessel. Prior td! that, he so-ved for 14-veals on his! father's jun'. "When he was 21, hal was made quartermaster on the Hale) kou and, three years later, becang oatawain on str, Tchang, which al was a seagoing vessel. He Int Served in the capacity' of quarters master of various vestels'and at th age of 30 was promoted master off the tug Hsu-hung of the Ta Dah Cos]
Four years' later, he was road chief ofter of the ste: Dah Ming off the Dah-Tung Ca. and was promoted! master when he was 35, After throd Years mors, he wan appointed to thd} command of the Hsin Dah Ming! He passed his examination at thai Customs-House when he was 30 snd received a licence.' "He made se trips a'nionth on tHe Yahgtze, som
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