^Id ntitics I but they do not work 

 thetn nor mil they often allow other** 

 to do ao. 



Among the foreign races which oc- 

 cupy tlie FeriiuBtila, the one that di- 

 serves rur incerest most and that hiku 

 more prosppct of succefii tor iha fa- 

 iur0, ig unduiibtedly the Chinese race. 

 Spread iliroujrIioDt aU Indo-China ihiii 

 race is ill rreasiiig very fast and aeeitifl 

 destiued sooner or later to posnesa and 

 govfrn the country. Every year, vew- 

 eels hriiig sevenil thou^iandg of Chinese^ 

 wboiii famine ciMnpds to Jeave th«ir 

 country and cTuriiis ttiem to various 

 parts of the irorldi Imt espeLMally In 

 Siam, the Hhilipine Islands, Javftj the 

 Coa^t of the AJalayun pi^iiirihula and 

 otherpartH of the Eaiitern Archipelagu: 

 tliej serve for one year tliem who pay 

 their passage to the Captatti fvho 

 brought the in ; and whew the year k 

 orer, they become free, and easily 

 find a situation as tliey begin to un- 

 derstand the latigua^e nf the country, 

 in which they are- Everysvliere the 

 Chineee eheiv themselves an intelligent, 

 iodusrrioiis hard-working people even 

 to temerity, when they think they 

 can make thf>ir fortune : we must add 

 that everywhere they are als^o consi- 

 dered «is great Uars and cunoing^ 

 thieves. The Chinese never mind 

 the kind of speculations, trade and 

 ltiidui»try which are offered them^ they 

 accept it as long as tiiey see that It 



