Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-31
WHAT THE CHINESE JUNK LOOKS LIKE.
FROM THE NEW YORK EXPRESS.

WHAT THE CHINESE JUNK LOOKS LIKE.
EXPRESS.
long look ut the Junk, great sight makes me
attempt description for your readers who see
her. She is 100 feet long and eighteen broad drawing twelve
feet of Her rail in shape like crescent the centre
Of it the waters edge If you take chebacco boat or
plnk-sened schooner model, you make Junk by
widening the schooners stern equal her whole breadth
Then carry her bow up IN the way and widen,
berng leave the open, you have Junk The head
rail must be balcony the width of the craft Aft to the ex
IRENE height range Of poop decks assembled by flights of
small steps Her deck is covered with windlasspuchases
(Which have pals, and be held by force for
ous purposes, and by which she much ncumbered Her
rail is high, and she has cabin and gallant forecaste ike
modern ship. Her rudder suspended to her stern and
hosed up depressed by wndass and cables made
tan. From the heel of her udde each side runs
tan cable along the ships bottom her deck which are used
TO keep the udder to the junk in place of the usual mode Of
hanging hole in the rudder head admits long er which
is held in gale by power only An of the udder and
over its head is placed the ships idol, near which lamp
burns without ceasng Below she has an immense cabin
the sides and top of which covered with paintings such
often upon tea eattcs Chinese eers &c
In the cabin large IDOL with smaller ones
such often at d museum Some fine landscapes
chairs with nlad bottoms, lanterns vases and other cuos
ties fill the cabin, not enough to make show-shp, but
enough TO make feel that the work of another and strange
people is about him. The slowed away in holes as
good odashoned seamen used to get, but the bedding
Her galley Is built side, inst forward OF her
cabin. An iron boiler set in brick, the only arrange
ment could see, and the Cinnamon evidently stews
oener than dinner The mouth of furnace opens
upon deck and under each trough Of prevent
cdents from fire. Bunks for the placed round the
galley and the do not suffer much from cold there. The
hold Of the vessel filled with Her are very
large and hooped with on but instead of shroud sup
ported by braces at the foot Her sails een, and made
OF mats, but replaced by canvass at ercOrdage made
Of rattan both small and large of the latter inches
through, and is laid up with regularity that shows the Chi
nee TO be far from Ignorant and proves that they have av
ed perfection have in the article Of cordage,
though their material Is rough and their machinery nothing
The small lines of the material pable any
rope and look very serviceabe Round the ship there is
gallery walk, and she has upon her quarter quantity of
long bamboo poles useful in urging her forward in river
such Is the method used in China and the galleries round
her quarter used TO walk upon in the
canal men the gunwaes Of their boats Along her quar-
ter in the bamboo MEETINGS. placed Shields and fastened
upon her rail is long row of large iron guns udey made
and capable Of nothing but Around her quarterback
arranged looking slaves with lions heads
and queer-shaped blades attached looking like the weapons
brought upon the stage For flags she displays upon her
mzen mast large square one of yellow and from her main
mast white silk one with gay pictures upon IT, She has also
weathercock, from which bangles long pink silk pen
nants Her anchors made of heavy WOOL the shank very
ong-ful twenty fee-and the hukes fastened in manner
that makes the affair look like dart head The stock Of the
anchor instead OF being at the end of the shank Is placed
the uke and the whole affair needs nothing but
attached to look like Yankee fshermans "keleck" The
knees OF the ship left in the rough and look strong, but
noye smooth whole appearance indicates strength
and her sides worked down smooth packeship
When standing upon her upper deck aft she looks large
ngae and so unlike modern ship that scarcely
believe she has really from Canton With all her cum-
sy looks she lay to in gale, and makes little
that her matches not closed much less cau She
ships sea, and, though dull sae, is safe a church
We have attempted 10 give idea Of few OF her pecuar
ties, but shall not touch upon the little matters board that
are much Chinese defy description and glance these
tells than pages will hold Her strange paint and the
abundance Of rough carving and gliding about her. give her
groesque appearance, the beauties Of which the eye only
can impa SO rough ship could not be made by design
and wonder when we look her. how such craft could
be made at all nation which for delcacy Of workmanship
in branches has competitors, when attempts to
build ship produces abortion compared our own fine
vessels She indeed WONDER and crowds 10 see
her, she is the FIRST and doubt the best and only pec
that shall The difficulty Of getting one Of
them Of China and the risk that they run Of getting spoil
ed Of their udeness BY cyzaon that every day forcing
itself into China should induce the curious to look NJ the
keyng before she leaves Us to delight the good people Of
Europe.
Wrs-vox ,Nan,r Ma,nos.., L. r.