CHINA. 1751. 2$3 



the fellow could make from our crew : and 

 the furveyor faid, that he was forced to pay 

 money to the cuflom-houfe officer : and fo ic 

 feems to go round. It often happens here jufl 

 as I was told it does in the Portugueze regula- 

 tion of the cuftom-houfes, namely, that the 

 revenue from it looks well on paper, but ac- 

 tually is worth little or nothing. The police, 

 however, is excellent: for it keeps every 

 thing quiet at night both in the town and on 

 the water, where an officer goes his round re- 

 gularly. The gates in the ftreets, which are 

 fhut up at night, are always open near the 

 factories, for the convenience of the Eiti-opeans •• 

 and in thofe places where in day time you 

 muft be on your guard for fear of pick-pock- 

 ets, you may pafs without danger in the night 



time. 



If you go further^ up into the town, they 

 call you names, and pelt you with (tones, which 

 fly about your ears as thick as hail. If you 

 intend to go out of town, you muft have com- 

 pany, walk fait, and carry a good ftick. 



Both petty larceny and theft are punifhed 

 by a certain number of lafhes with a bamboo 

 ftick, The prisoners are fo fettered abotit the 



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