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132 VOYAGE TO THE 



the company's factory at Canton, and we both waited 

 upon the Portuguese governor. He gave us a very 

 Airii, ungracious reception, for which we could account in 

 no other way than by supposing he felt annoyed at 

 our unceremonious entry of the Typa, without either 

 pilot or permission ; for the Portuguese at Macao, I 

 understand, claim the Typa as their own, under the 

 emperor's original grant of Macao to them for their 

 services to China. Some Portuguese officers who 

 came on board during my absence intimated that the 

 ship would not be allowed to remain in the harbour. 

 We heard nothing more of the matter, however, for 

 several days, when a mandarin waited upon Sir Wil- 

 liam Fraser to inquire into the business of the man of 

 war anchored in the Typa. About the same time 

 several war junks, two of which had mandarin's flags, 

 came down the river, beating their gongs, and an- 

 chored not far from us. 



The mandarin received a satisfactory answer from 

 Sir William Fraser, but some days after, the Hoppo 

 finding the ship did not go away, addressed the fol- 

 lowing letter to the Hong merchants : — 



" Wan, by imperial appointment, commissioner 

 for foreign duties of the port of Canton, an officer 

 of the imperial household, cavalry officer, &c. &c, &c. 

 raised three steps, and recorded seventeen times, 



" Hereby issues an order to the Hong merchants. 



" The Macao IVeiigum have reported, that on the 

 18th of the 13th moon, the pilot Clihinang-Kwang 

 announced that on the 17th an Enghsh cruiser, Peit- 

 che,* arrived, and anchored at Taiisae. 



* The Chinese call their vessels by the names of the persons 

 vv'ho comiriand them. 



