A starboard near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of a sampan anchored at Singapore. The vessel is single masted and her lug sail is stowed fore and aft. Her mast can be hinged down. The photographer was at Singapore on four occasions during 1937 and 1938: 9 April to 1 May 1937, 13 January to 26 February 1938, 9 March to 23 March 1938 and 17 September to 30 September 1938.