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China, a country I was very anxious to see. A ship had just 

 arrived at the Port of Auckland with passengers and goods, 

 which, after discharging, she was about to proceed to 

 Shanghai, in the north of China, in ballast, and take a cargo 

 from thence to England; and this being a good opportunity 

 of putting my intentions into execution, I took my passage 

 on board of her, and once more embarked on the Pacific, 

 to visit new lands and new scenes, and every preparation 

 being completed for our departure, sailed from the port 

 of Auckland for the Celestial Empire, on the 6fch of 

 February, 1856, 



