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fail to bear testimony to the flattering- encomiums wliicli 

 had been pnssecl on their lieg-e lord by the " white teachers/^ 

 who — to the renown of Ding-nan be it written — ^Aere never- 

 theless suffered to depart out of the kingdom without hhi- 

 drance or molestation. 



