On board a Swatow trader type junk at Hong Kong but the specific location is unknown. The photographer is in the waist looking up at the stowed foresail showing how the sail is made and folded down onto the lower boom with the bamboo battens acting as hinges. The foremast can be seen in the upper right corner of the negative. The photographer was in the area in the following 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. Negative number P34544 was taken on board the same vessel.