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beauties of the country were full of interest, and the town, witli its pleasant foreign society, 

 presented many attractions. During his stay there he made the acquaintance of many of the 

 residents, among whom were tlie families of several of the Canton merchants having summer 

 establishments at Macao, to which they are accustomed to retire during the hot months, and 

 where they exercise the kindest and most liberal hospitality. Monsieur de Bourboulon, the 

 French minister to Canton, had a residence at Macao, and with his wife, an American lady, 

 whom he married while secretary of legation at Washington, contributed much toward 

 heightening the charms of social intercourse. 



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View from Ruins of Jesuit Convent — Macao. 





The French commodore, Monsieur de Montravel, came with his squadron and anchored in 

 the outer road, and Commodore Perry had an opportunity of forming his acquaintance and of 

 interchanging with him, as well as with Monsieur de Bourboulon, and, indeed, with all the 

 principal residents of Macao, those acts of hospitality and kindness which are invariably allied 

 to a just appreciation of mutual courtesy. 



With Governor Giumaraes, an officer of the Portuguese navy, whom the Commodore had met 

 before on the coast of Africa, there were the most friendly and intimate relations, as well as 

 with Captain Loreiro, of the same service ; and it is due to both these officers to acknowledge 

 their courteous deportment in tlie course of all the official transactions with them. The utmost 

 good feeling prevailed in the intercourse with Sir George Bonham, the British superintendent of 

 affairs in China and governor of Hong Kong, and with the military and naval commanders-in- 

 chief, as well as with the mandarins of the country and the local authorities. 



