The impressive machines and engines on display in the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851 were worshipped and admired like masterpieces on an altar, and we should not be surprised if the British of the time were in fact more interested in the tea ships themselves than in the new season tea which they carried.
一八五一年海德公園萬國博覽會裡壯觀的機械引擎，像神壇上的藝術品般被人崇仰禮讚；也難怪這時候的英國人對載茶的船，其實比對當季的茶更有興趣。