The Archive · 1933

Sir F. Maze's Gift

to the Science Museum, where it is Sir Frederick Maze has presented

attracting a lot of "attention, Superd model of "a Fukien Yea going" junk "Some vents ago Mr, nels published " very in:

little book, with woodcut rations, on the junks of China, which, of course. "differ widely Between one region and. another and in it there seas i€ 1 remember rightly a particularly good. picture ofa Fukien. june Sie Frederick Niaze's model is Of. Jong and. perfect in every detail, cabin furniture "included, the interior being brilliantly decorated gold and many colours. Two large eyes, one at each side of the bows, are very amusing to Western visitors. But as the Inodah says "S'pose no got eve, no can see, how fashion can walkee?

the Way can anyone give me the origin of the word "junk"? Many pidgin-English words course "were originally' pidgin-Portuguese, the Portuguese being the first ' comers, For example joss" from 'Does," and "mandavin" from -"nmandare," so tone Who commands." But of what is junk' compounded?

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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