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\y ; however, their pencil runs as quiekry as 

 the pen of one of the readieft European clerks, 

 They have likewife a current fort of writing, 

 which they only make ufe of when they write 

 fail. 



To keep 900,000 Cantonefe in order, no 

 meafures can be fo eifectuai as thofe taken by 

 the Chinefe, Juftice is done very fpeedily, 

 efpecially when the fact is quite recent ; but 

 injuftice as frequently takes place. It fome- 

 times happens that feveral objections delay 

 their giving fatisfaction to the Europeans. The 

 Europeans do not eafily give up any of their 

 privileges ; but when they cannot fucceed, the 

 fault is in the Chhiefe officers, who do not take 

 a right cognizance of the affair. Of this 

 you find examples in Lord Anfon's Voyage. 

 But if one threatens to apply -for juftice in 

 higher courts, they are afraid that their fupe- 

 riors will punifh them with heavy fines. The 

 faleof the loweft places of truft, even that of 

 a mandarin, is fo common, that every one 

 fpeaks of it, and they venture to mention it 

 in the mod public manner. A furveycr, who 

 Jay along-fide cur fhip, took a confiderable 

 fum of money from the matter of the boat, 

 S7ith whom he lodged, for the money which 

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