In Eastern Seas: Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83Smith, J. J.
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In Eastern Seas: Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83
Smith, J. J.
Iron Duke (Ship); Voyages and travels
[Note D: The writer assumes that these places will be visited
on the voyage home; and--as will be seen by referring to the
earlier part of the table--we have touched at the same places
before, the same distances are quoted. The dates necessary to
make the form complete it is hoped the reader will be able to
supply.]
PRINTED AT THE "BREMNER" PRINTING WORKS, DEVONPORT.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
Every effort has been made to keep to the original text as much as
possible. Non-standard spelling and grammar have been mostly preserved.
Changes have only been made in the case of obvious typographical
errors, and where not making a correction would leave the text
confusing or difficult to read. There is a fair amount of inconsistency
in the author's transliteration of foreign words, especially in place
and person names. Such inconsistency has been mostly preserved but in
some cases names have been made more recognizable or the spelling has
been standardized so that it is easier for the reader to follow the
author's narrative. All changes are documented below.
Inconsistencies in the hyphenation of words preserved. (ahead, a-head;
bluejackets, blue-jackets; cocoanut, cocoa-nut; eyebrows, eye-brows;
Gen San, Gen-San; ironclad, iron-clad; Loo Choo, Loo Choo; outlined,
out-lined; ricksha, rich-sha; seaboard, sea-board; semicircle,
semi-circle; sundown, sun-down; stokehole, stoke-hole; Tientsin,
Tien-tsin; Tsusima, Tsu-sima; topgallant, top-gallant; Yangtsze,
Yang-tsze;)
The author's inconsistent style of making a diary entry has been
preserved. In some cases, a date is followed by a period and emdash and
then the entry proper. In others, there is a date, no period and an
emdash. In yet others, the date is followed by a comma and then the
entry proper.
Pg. 7, word "smart'", in the original there was a lefthand or opening
single quote mark just after the letter "t" and the whole word
including the single quote mark was enclosed in double quote marks. The
opening single quote mark is more plausibly a comma which printer has
placed upside down. Changed to comma. (we are told he is "smart,"
meaning, of course, that)
Pg. 8, "fete" grave accent changed to circumflex, matching spelling on
page 289. (a sort of fete was made of it)
Pg. 10, period after "aft" changed to comma, which is more appropriate
in the context. (two forward and two aft, that they may be discharged)
Pg. 20, "aud" changed to "and". (beer and stout, and something)
Pg. 21, duplicated word "are" removed (we are invited to insert our
names)
Pg. 28, "Pontellaria" changed to "Pantellaria", to match spelling later
in the same paragraph. (for Pantellaria--an island of more interest)
Pg. 30, "criental". The word "oriental" might possibly have been
intended, however, the original text is preserved. (criental love for
colour)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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