In Medusy Crock two large King] Crabs were offered for' sale which we bought, this being a fairly rare! specimen of its kind in this part of the world. 'They were eventually' cooked and in the opinion of those who ate them (not having sampled them myself I cannot express. a personal opinion) it was the best kind of crabmeat ever tasted. A description of the King Crab may found' upon reference' to Webster's Dictionary.
'On July 23, having learnt through the radio. that' the typhoon had! changed its course and was heading for Japan, we left Medusa Creek and motored round Nimrod Sound—there being hardly any wind—as for as It was safe to go with our 9-foot draft boat and anchored for the night at] the entrance of Nimrod Sound.
Nimrod Sound is closely associated with Chinese classic history and also with the carly days of China's intercourse with the Western Powers.
Without a doubt the place is a grandiose one and we were all glad of the opportunity we had to visit Ht, a spot which will ive all of us} great pleasure to re-visit at some. future date, It has to be seen to be appreciated.
Our next destination was Shihpu fa small seaport on the coast of Che-Ikiang. We expected to make it in ye day bul, unfortunately, encoun tered too strong a head wind and] with the current against us we made very blite head-way so were foreed anchor for the night at Ching-ming at. an isolated spot none {oo On the way to Chingming 1 hod the misfortune to have my helmet blown away and the skipper kindly turned our course in an attempt to salvage it: We tacked round three or four times before eventually picking it up. And when we shed it out we found that it had lost its shape, so. much that this time it was promptly and deliberately dropped overboard. The knowledge that T had only paid $1.50 for i, later caused great indignation on "board and I was severely censured for having held up the good ship's progress which fact made it impossible for us to reach Shihpu that day, hav-Ing lost too much" valuable time—all for a $1.80 hatt 'AN I18 pin, on July 25 we reached Shihpu, the. turning. point of our etuise,' We could not go as far as Wenchow as at first anticipated. for too much time had been lost in dodge
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