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burning. When the whole pile was consumed we went home.
The next job was to put up a steam saw mill to saw teak wood. This was a failure on account of opposition from the Chinese sawyers.
Next was a job to put in an engine in the steamer "Jack Waters" for C. A. Allen, of Andover, Mass.; A. J. Westervelt, of New York, and Russell & Co., of Hong Kong. Mr. Westervelt was the shipbuilder and I was the engineer. I put the engine and boiler in the boat before she was decked, and was ready for steam when the boat was launched, except shipping the wheel, which was done, and we went on a trial trip the third day after the boat was put in the water, and it was successful in every particular. The boat was put to towing on the river, which was not a success until the company built some lighters of their own, which they did: then business was flourishing, and kept so for about a year, when Mr. Westervelt became timid and sold his interest
