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EAST COAST nv ritixA. 



liarboiii' oil the oIIrt, tL'rnirt^: iijiuii tcrracL', and 

 are constructed upon u very solid t'ouudation uf 



UMm^ ^Ihoiit ^ttmtim Having hem gi^en 



to tlieir relative sizes ; so that a [)erson taking* 

 ■a short walk, may ofteu expect to return with a 

 Strained aucle. 



The private r^fiffitteeB ©f tiie l^tiropeans are 

 1^ ^v^lent, spaciouSj and m^^m^eHgb^l 

 for tlieir interior aec^imaodation, than hv any 

 exterior heanty. 



Many vessels have been sent to the east coast 

 of China, by enterprising merchants of Canton, 

 tft eAdeavotiT, H pmthU^ 1» a tmde mfh 

 ^oiiK- (tf tlif Cliiiii'ric ports on that coast. A 

 higlily-taleiited ticiitleiiian, the Rev. C. (lutzlatt', 

 with whom 1 liad the ti'raliheatioii of lormiii**- an 

 acquaintance, has often aecoiupanied the vessels ; 

 ^% t{i^ v^^stM hs^ h&bn a very limited 

 iSti<!»3ess ; the itxib^ii^ty of the Cliinese govern- 

 ment has been fully ascertained ; and <hiriiig 

 the last voyaji'e, ediets were stiiek about the vil- 

 lage oti' which the vessel had anchored, stating 

 that tjie foreign vessiil had beeji driveit aivay, 

 wink still remained at aneboy within siglit 



of these verv ]>a|)ers, emleavoiiriiej,- tn eai-ry on 

 some trafHe witli the iiihal»itaiits ; hut, (Voiu the 

 lear of tiie inandariiis, it was otrected l>ut to a 



