to
terrible
gales of
wind，and
especially
during the
equinoxes；and
it was now
early
November.
It would
clearly
have been
to the
master's
advantage
to carry
his
passengers
to
Yokohama，since
he was
paid a
certain
sum per
day；but he
would have
been rash
to attempt
such a
voyage，and
it was
imprudent
even to
attempt to
reach
Shanghai.But
John
Bunsby
believed
in
theTankadere'，which
rode on
the waves
like a
seagull；and
perhaps he
was not
wrong.
Late in
