Show Chinese Junks Launched With Great Ceremony Unless history be at fault tault the Chinese were pioneers in bre breasting Uni tempestuous seas to carry their commercial enterprises to far lands The Chinese have c held with astonishing faithfulness to toman man many of ot their ancient religious practices In a Portuguese work translated Into English In 1579 1573 is found this fairly full account of what the Chinese then did when they launched their ocean going Junks When they launched their ships Into the sea at the first making mak mak- lag ing the priests go appareled with long garments being of ot very rich silk to make their sacrifices In the poops of or them where the prayer er Is and ami they offered painted figures and they cut and burned them theme before their Idols with certain certain tain tale ceremonies that they make and sing songs with an tone sounding certain little bells blIs They worship the devil where they have him trim painted In the part fore of or the ship because ns fiS the they s. s say he should do no hurt to the ships In all aU this tints discourse they are eating and drinking at at- Front FroDl discretion From the Grace Log I |