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and six days afterward she touched at St. Helena. 

 From this celebrated island, made memorable bv 



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the singular misfortunes and the bitter curses of the 

 moat remarkable man of modern times, Commodore 

 Perry proceeded on his voyage, and reached the 

 Cape of Good Hope on the 24th of January, 1853. 

 The vessel touched during its progress at Mauritius, 

 Ceylon, and Singapore ; all of which places lay on 

 the great mail-route between India, China, Aus- 

 tralia, and Europe. 



On the 6th of April, Commodore Perry reached 

 Macao. At Hong-Kong, on the succeeding day, he 

 was joined by the United States sloops-of-war Ply- 

 mouth and Saratoga, together with the store-ship 

 Supply. The Susquehanna, a member of the in- 

 tended squadron, had not yet made her appearance. 

 Hong-Kong is one of the most active ports in the 

 Chinese Empire; and here the busy votaries of 

 commerce from almost every portion of the globe 

 may be found, eagerly engaged in their respective 

 trades. Commodore Perry visited Canton, a vast 

 and crowded hive of human population and misery; 

 Thence he proceeded, after a short delay, to Shanghai, 

 another great commercial city of the Celestial Em- 

 pire, whose commerce, especially with the interior 

 provinces of China, is immense. Here the squadron 

 was joined by the absent Susquehanua. 



