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1841年,一名叫阿布杜拉.賓.阿布杜勒.卡迪爾(Abdullah Bin Abdul Kadir)的新加坡馬來人抄寫員寫下參訪塞索斯特利斯(Sesostris)號的遊記:一艘在港口等待出航到中國的英國船隻。在他的散記中,阿布杜拉使用馬來人的測量單位來測量其構造,並對於在鍋爐房笨拙的奴隸嘖嘖稱奇。他寫道,船員都有紀律的為甲板和機器掃地、拖地、上油及拋光,「每一片鐵器、銅器都閃閃發光,像極了鏡子」(...