E\-ti:a< t fr, 



Dm the I 



'reface to " Nans 



itive 







■f China, 



" by Clarke Abe 



!. F.L 



.S., Loudon, 



My appo 



intment 



to the Embassy 



was 



at first sin 



' 









ph W,uk< V 



Company, I 





milted to take nr 





■thenthYo . 



received an 





itfit of all the a P] 





is for scu-nti: 



give <rreate; 



r effeet 









_ 





is of the countri 



















eal>iii i\ 









under my d 











in law, Mr. 



IWe.-u 



: as allowed to"a1 





■ in. With 











often trod i 



if 1 had no 



^ ,-■■■■;■■ ■: 



the foot of the 



nS 



'Xt .folhii, 



harvest coul 





>een received as 







proofs of wl 



' 



were, of their el 



.;!,•;,!, 



•v or ai.oiti\ 





is nf (4a, 













Mr. Hooper, the 



















. to coll 





























unknown sj 







of th 





After lea 



nn- the 



wreck of the « Alcest. 



?," I had the 













deek and emptied of 



' their content?, b; 



yonc 



of the seam. 



CCCXXIV.— PRUNE CULTIVATION IN CALIFORNIA. 



Monsi 

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