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that would have been taken amongst the first things, 
as Chinese thieves are very partial to watches and 
know their value well. 
The Honourable F. C. Drummond, with whom I 
wasstaying at the time, informed me afterwards that 
the place where J had been attacked was one of the 
worst in the suburbs of Canton, and that three gen- 
tlemen of his acquaintance, a year or two before, 
had come off even worse than I had done, the 
Chinese having taken away nearly all their clothes. 
About two years after this attack upon me three 
gentlemen holding government appointments in 
China, Mr. Montgomery Martin, the Rev. V. Stanton, 
and Mr. Jackson, having incautiously strolled into 
the suburbs, were also attacked; and the letter 
which they addressed officially to Her Majesty’s 
consul complaining of the treatment they had re- 
ceived, shows so clearly the state of things at Canton, 
that I give it entire: — 
“ About seven o'clock this morning, while walk- 
ing for exercise along the north wall, on the outside 
of the city, we were attacked by several Chinese, 
who had been following us, and increasing in num- 
bers, from the building known to foreigners as the 
Five-storied Pagoda. At first they commenced by 
throwing stones, which endangered our lives, and 
by some of which we were struck. This attack was 
aided and encouraged by a number of Chinese, who 
followed us along the top of the city wall, hurling 
large stones, which, if they had struck, would have 
killed those at whom they were aimed. Mr. Jack- 
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