Wrecked On A Reef In The China Sea PDF Download

Excerpt from Wrecked on a Reef in the China Sea: Incidents of Danger, Privation and RescueThe China Sea, as all navigators of its waters know, is full of deceitful currents and thronged with dangerous shoals. To the southward of the Island of Formosa is a small island lying in the course of vessels bound down the Chinese coast, called Pratas Island. The Chinese fishermen resort thither when fish are plenty, during the Spring only. At the highest point the elevation is not more than thirty feet, crowned with scrubby brushwood some ten feet high. The shape is that of a horse shoe, enclosing an inlet of about a half mile in depth, which affords shelter to the Chinese junks. Beyond a channel of deep water which skirts the island a coral reef of varying breadth encircles all, with a circumference of full forty miles. Many a noble ship has laid her bones thereon, and our best care was taken to avoid the danger that was here presented.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.