Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil
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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Hall, Basil
Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel
|Alceste. | Lyra. |
Bullocks | 19 | 8 |
Pigs | 23 | 10 |
Goats | 15 | 7 |
Fowls | *216 | 102 |*Not including
Fish | 29 | 12 |extra supplies
Eggs | 920 | 455 |to the officers.
Bags of sweet potatoes | *59 | 27 |*Not including
Squashes | 34 | 14 |ditto.
Jars of Samchoo, each containing about | | |
fifteen gallons | 6 | 3 |
Baskets of oranges | 9 | 4 |
Bundles of gingerbread | 8 | 3 |
-----------Onions | 16 | 8 |
-----------Radishes | 30 | 12 |
-----------Celery | 12 | 5 |
-----------Garlick | 8 | 4 |
-----------Candles | 7 | 3 |
-----------Wood | 16 | 8 |
Pumpkins | 60 | 30 |
Baskets of vermicelli | 7 | 3 |
Boxes of sugar | 2 | 1 |
Rolls of printed linen | 14 | 7 |
Bundles of paper | 6 | 3 |
]
[Footnote 16: See Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses, vol. 23.]
[Footnote 17: A man celebrated in the Tung dynasty for his convivial
disposition: he is known in China by the name of Jai-pe.]
[Footnote 18: The town of Chang-ngan in China, near the Great Wall.]
APPENDIX:
CONTAINING
CHARTS
OF THE GULF OF PE-CHE-LEE, THE WEST COAST OF COREA, THE GREAT LOO-CHOO
ISLAND, NAPAKIANG ROADS, AND PORT MELVILLE: WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY
NOTICES.
TABLE OF OBSERVATIONS
MADE WITH DR. WOLLASTON'S DIP SECTOR: WITH AN ENGRAVING, AND A
DESCRIPTION OF THIS INSTRUMENT, AND DIRECTIONS FOR ITS USE.
METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL,
FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER 1816, WHILE THE SHIPS WERE IN THE YELLOW AND JAPAN
SEAS.
ABSTRACT OF THE LYRA'S VOYAGE,
FROM LEAVING ENGLAND TILL HER RETURN; SHEWING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
DIFFERENT PLACES AT WHICH SHE TOUCHED, AND THE TIME TAKEN IN PERFORMING
EACH PASSAGE.
GEOLOGICAL MEMORANDUM;
BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIMENS OF ROCKS COLLECTED ON THE SHORES OF
THE YELLOW SEA, COREA, LOO-CHOO, MACAO, AND THE LADRONE ISLANDS.
CHARTS
OF THE
GULF OF PE-CHE-LEE, THE WEST COAST OF COREA, THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND,
NAPAKIANG ROADS, AND PORT MELVILLE.
WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTICES.
[Illustration: Track of His Majesty's Sloop LYRA _and Honble. Comps.
Ship INVESTIGATOR_ _along the Shores of the_ GULPH OF PETCHELEE By
Captain Basil Hall R.N. 1816.
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