It was cloudy. Countless Chinese fishing boats appeared out of the fog in the harbor. A witness wrote, "We were startled; even the director hadn't expected this.
綜合各種紀錄，我們可以知道，那是一個海面昇起濃霧的清晨，冷冽的霧氣中，「數不清的中國木船」悄悄入港，Albrecht Herport 在他的「台灣旅行記」中形容：「…… 桅檣甚多，好像光禿的樹林。