The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

West of Wuhan are the Yangtze River ports of Shasi and Ichang. Shasi is a water transportation center on the north bank of the Yangtze. It is linked with Hankow, in addition to the river itself, by a junk route utilizing a maze of waterways and lakes north of the Yangtze River.

Varuna is one of the best litholytic herbs and has been used throughout the ages for the treatment of urolithiasis and crystalluria.

She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.