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ten or eleven years ago American whalers used to rendezvous at Hong- 
Kong, and thence send their oil to the States; but the citizens that 
had settled in the colony treated them so badly and cheated them so 
much, that they now seldom come there, preferrmg to make their 
head-quarters at the Sandwich islands. 
“Some time in spring last year a large Whale was stranded on the 
sand-spit at Takow (Formosa) ; and I hear that scarcely a year passes 
but one is stranded somewhere in the vicinage of Swatow. 
“In May 1860, I saw a huge beast of the Whale kind thrust him- 
self half out of the water, when I was on my way from Hong-Kong to 
Amoy in the Mail-Steamer. 
“Of other cetals, I know only of the large White Porpoise that 
visits Amoy and other southerly harbours from the Sea. I have 
striven in vain to procure specimens, but may yet succeed.” 
