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captains of the ships here, as at Namoa, have now 
horses to take exercise in the morning and evening. 
A little incident occurred about this time, which 
speaks for itself. It was necessary, from some 
cause or other, to remove the officers’ stable, and 
build it on another part of the shore. The men 
employed for this purpose, when taking away the 
stones from the one place to the other, were stop- 
ped by some natives of the lower order, who took 
the stones and appropriated them to their own use. 
In going past the site of the old stable a few days 
afterwards, our people were surprised to see the 
stones all brought back; doubtless through the 
interference of some superior officer amongst the 
Chinese. This incident shows, I think, that the 
mandarins are anxious to preserve peace with the 
English, although some people, who pretend to 
secret sources of information, assert that in the 
interior they are preparing for another war. 
The country, both with regard to vegetation 
and general features, is the same as at Chimoo: 
I was, however, much struck with the formation of 
one part of the main-land near the entrance to 
the bay. Part of the hill was rocky, but other 
parts were formed by immense banks of sea-sand, 
which appear to have been driven up from the 
bottom of the ocean by some terrific storm, or 
convulsion of nature. Sea shells, stony shingle, 
large fragments of rock, as well as sand, contribute 
their share in swelling the mighty mass, and all 
