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CHAPTER XVII. 



HENRY LOCH IN CHINA. 



HENRY LOCH and his wife came to stay with us at 

 Charleton in 1862. 



"CHARLETON, i^th October, 1862. 



" MY DEAR MARIA, 



" I have attempted at your request to write 

 a short account of the proceedings that led to the 

 capture of myself and others in China, and of the 

 treatment Parkes and I received while prisoners. 



" In a short account of this nature it is impossible 

 to enter into many of the details or state all that 

 occurred, but I hope I have stated enough to give 

 you a general impression of what took place. 



"What I have written I have written very 

 hastily, and I may therefore have repeated myself 

 occasionally and made many mistakes in the way of 

 leaving many words out, etc., but as you expressed 

 a wish to have it before I left Charleton, I have no 

 time to go over it again. 



" Believe me 

 "As your affectionate cousin, 



" HENRY B. LOCH." 



