THE CHINESE JUNK `KEYING`
LENGTH 160 FT BREADTH 33FT
BURDEN 800 TONS
DEPTH OF HOLD 12 FEET.
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THIS REMARKABLE VESSEL IS A JUNK OF
THE LARGEST CLASS, AND IS THE FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE CHINESE
WHICH HAS REACHED EUROPE, OR EVEN ROUNDED THE CAPE OF GOOD
HOPE.
THIS JUNK WAS PURCHASED AUGUST, 1846, AT CANTON, BYA FEW 4
ENTERPRISING ENGLISHΜΕΝ. SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH DECEMBER,
1846, ROUNDED THE CAPE 31ST MARCH, 1847, ARRIVED IN ENGLAND 27TH
MARCH, 1848.
