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During the evening we pass through a fleet of junks, supposed to be fishermen but, as they LEVER venture out without cannon on board, it is reasonable to infer they are pirates, when the fish don't bite, as the coast has long been celebrated for these individuals, who make short work of the unfortunate traders and sailors who may happen to fall into their clutches. The wind still blows hard against us, and the sea rolls heavily around, now here, now there, heeling us over to starboard and anon sending us to port and as such a swell is easier to raise than to allay, for two days we are rocked about most elegantly. The upper scud is flying to the south, the fleecy clouds below are hurrying to and fro, and appearances seem as if a storm was brewing but towards the morning of the following day the sky is again blue and the atmosphere clear and bracing. The barometer falls slightly, the wind is strong from the northward and eastward, and a heavy, tumbling swell sets in the topmasts and yards are sent down, and all is made snug for a long tug at seaming. We pass close to this island, and the raging Pacific opens to our view.
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Passing round the southern point of Formosa, we are in the birthplace of typhoons, but luckily they have all gone by. Soon after rounding the point at Hong Kong, we encountered a steady breeze right ahead, as this is the season for the northeast monsoon to blow without intermission. We have steamed a thousand miles to the northward since leaving that place, and northward must we go nearly a thousand miles more, before reaching the great City of Yedo. On the 30th inst., at 11 A.M., the anchor was weighed, and we took departure from Kong Kong.