Shanghai?
On the
11th,at
seven in
the
evening.We
have,therefore,four
days
before
us,that is
ninety-six
hours;and
in that
time,if we
had good
luck and a
south-west
wind,and
the sea
was
calm,we
could make
those
eight
hundred
miles to
Shanghai.
And you
could go——
In an
hour;as
soon as
provisions
could be
got aboard
and the
sails put
up. It is
a
bargain.Are
you the
master of
the boat?
Yes;John
Bunsby,master
of
the'Tankadere。'
Would you
like some
earnest-money?


