Section of Letter from Henry to Edward

Section of Letter from Henry to Edward

Medication abuse; Ships--Fires and fire prevention; Collisions at sea; Pirates; Councils and synods; Capitals (Cities)

Henry found Dr. Kerr having misused his medication. During a storm, Henry's ship caught fire, so they made repairs in Amoy (Xiamen). When they went out again, the ship hit a rock, forcing them back to Amoy. They did not use their boats for fear of pirates. They took another vessel to Ningbo days later, missing half the synod. Henry concludes by discussing his travels through various towns.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

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after we left Hongkong I went
down into the saloon and there
was Mrs Kerr lying on the settee
or couch as sick as possible, the
two children also were lying down
on Either side of the Doctor, [--while
he--] dreadfully sea-sick, while
he himself was sitting leaning
his Elbows on the table and looking
as solemn and forlorn as pos-
sible. It was cruel but the
temptation was too great and I
says "Why Doctor what have you
done with [u]your medicine[/u]"? It
was a grim joke for such an
occasion + was answered with
a correspondingly grim smile
that looked as though it came
like pulling teeth. He said he had
spilt his medicine. Afterwards
when things got a little brighter we
told him he need'nt try to make
us think he had spilt his medicine
that no doubt he had taken it all
himself and finding it did no good

went to pretending that he had
tipped the bottle over. It became
so rough before night that
the Captain thought best to
seek a harbor which we
reached about 3-o-clock in
the afternoon + where we anchored
for a day and a night. [?Then?]
we tried it again, went
one day very nicely but the
next day rough weather ^came the
ship took fire from the spon-
taneous combustion of some
of the cargo which had no
business to be on board. This
was put out without doing much
damage but we had to put
in to Amoy and remain a
day to repair it. Then we
started again. The stormy
weather seemed to be all
over. We went on our day
prosperous and the next

morning were sailing along
beautifully with a smooth sea
bright weather +c +c when sud-
denly we came to a dead
stop. The ship had struck
a hidden rock. We were two hours
getting off and then found that the
ship was leaking badly and so
turned back towards Amoy. For
a couple of hours it seemed probable
that the ship would go down as the
water was gaining on the pumps and
at one time was within six inches of
putting out the fires of the Engine.
We had our trunks, (what we be
allowed to carry) on deck [--was--] ready
to jump into the boats at a moments
notice. Orders had been given just how
Every one was to go +c +c. But the
water was finally got back to the middle
of the ship where there was a very large
pump. After that there was no difficulty
+ we got back to Amoy in some
24 hours after the accident. Our
great danger had we been obliged to
take to the boats would have been from
pirates who are prowling round the coast
ready to pounce on anybody in distress. We

took another ship at Amoy after waiting
several days and finally got to
Ningpo when Synod was about half
through. We got there Saturday Morning
and the meetings closed the next
Thursday afternoon. There were
some 28 members of Synod one
half of whom were natives. It
was a great pleasure to see the
native Elders + pastors taking so
much interest in the matter. There
were some very good men among
them. After Synod was over Hattie
+ I went from Ningpo to Hangchow
another station of our mission 150
miles back in the country from
Ningpo. Hangchow was once the Capital
of China and an immense city. It was
nearly destroyed during the great rebellion
but is in part rebuilt - contains some
400 000 inhabitants more. Wild game
about there. Wild geese, ducks, pheasants,
dear + also the wild boar. They say that
wild deer have Even been seen among the
[illegible] inside the walls which are 14
miles in length. We also visited Shanghai +
then coming down the coast Foochou Amoy
+ Swatow. I think we met in all as
many as a hundred missionary friends and
Enjoyed Exceedingly, I think, Every waking
minute of our trip + I may say the sleeping
minutes also, for we slept well. We both weighed
when we got back more than Ever before in our
lives. I allowed to the goodly weight of 164 lbs
[Note: Written sideways]
But i must now "put on the finishing touch" as Dr Hodge would say. Hattie joins
me in all kind of good wishes for yourself + Mrs R + the "[illegible]" Your Bro [u]H V Noyes[/u]



我们离开香港后我去了
下到沙龙那里
克尔夫人是不是躺在长椅上
或尽可能生病的沙发，
两个孩子也躺着
在医生的两侧，严重晕船，而
他自己正倚着
他的肘部放在桌子上，看着
尽可能庄重和凄凉。这很残酷，但
诱惑太大而我
说“为什么医生你有什么
用完你的药”？它
对这样一个冷酷的笑话
场合并得到了答复
相应的冷酷微笑
看起来好像它来了
就像拔牙一样。他说他有
洒了他的药。然后
当事情变得有点光明时，我们
告诉他他不需要尝试做
我们认为他洒了药
毫无疑问他已经接受了这一切
自己发现没有用

去假装他有
把瓶子打翻了。它变成了
晚上之前如此粗糙
船长认为最好
寻找我们的港湾
大约在 3 点钟到达
下午和我们停泊的地方
一天一夜。然后
我们又试了一次，去了
一天非常好，但
第二天恶劣的天气来了
船因一些自燃而起火
货物中没有
上船的业务。这个
没有做太多就被淘汰了
损坏，但我们不得不把
在去淘和留一个
修复它的一天。然后我们
又开始了。风雨如磐的
天气似乎就是一切
超过。我们去了我们的一天
繁荣和下一个

早晨在航行
美丽的大海
当我们突然死去时，天气晴朗等
停止。船撞了
一块隐藏的岩石。我们两个小时
下车后发现
船漏水严重，所以
转身对着淘。为了
几个小时似乎很可能
船会沉没
水泵上的水越来越多，
有一次是在六英寸的范围内
扑灭发动机的火焰。
我们有我们的行李箱，（我们是什么
允许携带）在甲板上准备好
一会儿跳上船
注意。已经下达了命令
每个人都去等等 但是
水终于回到了中间
有一个非常大的船
泵。之后就没有困难了
我们又回到了厦门
事故发生后 24 小时。我们的
如果我们不得不
乘船从
在海岸附近徘徊的海盗
准备扑向任何陷入困境的人。我们

等待后在淘大换乘另一艘船
几天终于到了
会议大约一半时的宁波
通过。我们周六早上到了
会议在下一个结束
星期四的下午。曾经有
约 28 名主教会议成员
其中一半是当地人。它
很高兴看到
当地的长老和牧师如此
对此事很感兴趣。那里
有一些非常好的人
他们。主教会议结束后 海蒂
我从宁波到杭州
我们使命150的另一站
在该国几英里外
宁波。杭州曾经是首都
中国和一个巨大的城市。它是
在大起义中几乎被摧毁
但部分重建 - 包含一些
400 000 多居民。野味
关于那里。大雁、鸭子、野鸡，
亲爱的还有野猪。他们说
野鹿甚至出现在
[无法辨认] 在 14 层的墙壁内
英里长。我们还访问了上海和
然后顺着福州海岸，淘，和
斯沃图。我想我们相遇
一百多位传教士朋友和
非常享受，我想，每次醒来
我们旅行的一分钟，我可以说睡觉
分钟也，因为我们睡得很好。我们都称重
当我们回来的时候比以往任何时候都多
生活。我允许164磅的好重量
【注：横着写】
但我现在必须像霍奇博士所说的那样“画龙点睛”。海蒂加入
我为你自己和 R 夫人以及“[无法辨认]”你的 Bro H V Noyes 致以各种美好的祝愿

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