Journal of an expedition from Sincapore to Japan, with a visit to Loo-Choo : descriptive of these islands and their inhabitants; in an attempt with the aid of natives educated in England, to create an opening for missionary labours in Japan / By Rev. Peter Parker ... Rev. by the Rev. Andrew Reed.

  • Parker, Peter, 1804-1888.
Date:
1838
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Credit: Journal of an expedition from Sincapore to Japan, with a visit to Loo-Choo : descriptive of these islands and their inhabitants; in an attempt with the aid of natives educated in England, to create an opening for missionary labours in Japan / By Rev. Peter Parker ... Rev. by the Rev. Andrew Reed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    tain B. and crew were treated with great hospitality hy the inhabitants of Ty-pin-san, who supplied their schooner with water and refreshments to carry them to Macao. We saw the breakers at a distance, the waves dashing fiercely over them. Wednesday, July the 12th, half past eleven a. m. nine days from Macao, anchored in the harbour of Napakeang, the principal harbour on the S. W. of Loo-Choo. Nothing could exceed the pleasantness of the morning. A novel and delightful scene presented itself. The distant appearance was beautiful, but the nearer view was still more so. As we approached the island, the sandy beach, and waters near, were covered with fishermen. From the shore, the ground rises by gentle acclivities to high lands of a thousand feet. The bright shining tombs were seen from afar, and were at first mistaken for houses. Barren spots here and there interspersed the more verdant and apparently cultivated plateaux. Clusters of pines with dense foliage, were dispersed over the sides, and summits of the hills.