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administration of the emigration system in China, it might 

 prove of immense service to those countries which are eager 

 to absorb labour, as, owing to the super-abundance of labour 

 in China, a far larger supply as well as a much higher class of 

 labourers might be procured. 



M. de Carlowitz was so kind as to accompany us in our 

 various rambles to the more interesting sights and points of 

 A^ew, and more especially when we were busied '^ doing" 

 the ^'lines'' of the city. On an eminence in the suburbs, 

 about 200 feet high, is what is known as Monte fort, garrisoned 

 by 150 men, whence there is a charming panorama, and the 

 eye catches sight of the Chinese village of Whang-hia, at the 

 period of our visit most hostilely disposed, and where on 

 July 3rd, 1844, the first treaty of peace, friendship, and com- 

 merce, was drawn up and signed between China and the 

 United States. Another hill, about 300 feet high, at the outer 

 extremity of the peninsula, on which many years ago the 

 Portuguese had erected a fort, of which only the foundations 

 can now be traced, commands the tongue of land on which 

 stands the city, as well as all the eastern portion of the island, 

 and amply repays the trouble of ascent. On the road thither, 

 by which the communication with the mainland of China is 

 mainly carried on, we came upon the corpse of a coolie, which 

 had apparently lain for several days in the very middle of the 



already mentioned that the wretched lad was re-purchased for £60, and thus escaped 

 a terrible destiny. Two other Chinese were shipped at the same time, the bargain in 

 their case being recognized, 



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