On board a pole junk anchored at Hong Kong. The photographer is looking forward and to port from the starboard side of the waist showing the stowed mainsail covered with matting. The foresail has been unshipped. In the foreground are a capstan and a bilge pump between the cargo hatches. Ahead of them is a hand operated windlass to handle the anchor chains. The photographer's ship was at Hong Kong in the periods 6 to 28 May 1937, 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938, 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938. Negatives numbers P34432 to P34436 inclusive were all taken on board the same junk.