He was not a sailor.

It would not have interested him in the least to learn that the tub ran on two powers--wind and oil.
Sampans with fish and fruit and vegetables swarmed about, while overhead gulls wheeled and swooped and circled.

One of the sampans was hailed, and a rope-ladder was lowered.

Shortly a man descended laboriously.

He was dressed immaculately in a suit of heavy Shantung silk.