The junks leave China on the North-feast Moonsoon, in November, December, and January, the majority in the last-named month. 'They " appear seldom to secure full outward cargoes, and take abroad from Hainan ehieay cocoanut, cocoanut all, copra colt rope, and salt fish, or so it is report ed. 'In 1907 some' were found taking small quantities of salt abroad, and The Hainan Type It is on account of these fads that Sir Frederick Maze's public-spirited action in placing such a representative and valuable collection of. models Dullt up in every ease accurately to scale by qualified Chinese eraftsmen—within the reach of the student of Asiatic marine architecture, deserves greatotul recognition. None of the models in his collection are lees than five feet long and some of them measure over seven fect. These generous dimensions enable the small-fest details to be accurately represented according to scale. The model shown in the picture accompanying this article is of what is known as the Hainan junk, a type that trades with the Malay States, ete, The board, which is Quinhon southward, the Gulf of Siam, the Malay Peninsula (as far up on
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