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East Sails West [44.222.233.8] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 16:11 GMT) East Sails West The Voyage of the Keying, 1846–1855 Stephen Davies Hong Kong University Press The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong www.hkupress.org© Hong Kong University Press 2014 ISBN 978-988-8208-20-3 (Hardback) All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound by Liang Yu Printing Factory Ltd. in Hong Kong, China [44.222.233.8] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 16:11 GMT) A ship is worse than a jail. There is, in a jail, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of being in danger. When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. —James Boswell, Life of Johnson On the land a worm; on the sea a dragon. —traditional saying of the sea people (水上人, shuı̌shàng rén) [44.222.233.8] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 16:11 GMT) In memoriam Geoffrey Bonsall For Elaine—best mate and Catalina—co-skipper of a happy, cross-cultural ship ...