KATHAY:
A
CRUISE IN THE CHINA SEAS.
BY
W. HASTINGS MACAULAY.
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"Cœlum, non animum, mutant, Qui trans mare currunt." |
NEW-YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
M.DCCC.LII.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by
G. P. PUTNAM & COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.
JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER,
49 Ann-Street.
Dedication
TO
MRS. JANE G. SPROSTON, BALTIMORE.
ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED MADAM:
I have presumed to address this work to you, more to prove the truth of its motto, than from any hope that it may be intrinsically worthy of your acceptance.
Connected with a noble profession by ties at once sad and dear, I have considered that a narration of events seen in its service—however unworthily set down, might not be uninteresting to you; and feeling assured that your prayers and kind wishes have followed us through "changing skies," as we have sped across "distant seas,"—upon our safe return, I am truly happy in being able to imitate the custom of mariners of more sunny climes, and to place this offering of affection upon the altar of Gratitude.
THE AUTHOR.