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Transcription
We cast off on morning
at 10 am. + steamed down
the Whangpoo in a fresh
North wind & clear bright
Sky. A large French Managery
Steamer followed us out, At
Wasing we saw the large
Empress of Asia at anchor
waiting to proceed to
America this afternoon.
We crossed the mouth of the
Yangtze behind the shelter
of some large low islands
in the mouth. The Door of
the River Yangtze is very
wide & it was not until
4 P M that we reached the
north side + passed the
small high Island with
its white light house at
aper. The Yangtze is