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The inner liarbour uf Macao is spacious, and 

 capable of affording anchorage to a large nuuiher 

 of ^My sheltered h&m ever^ gdle^ ; bnt 

 only twenty-five European vessel;^ arc permitted 

 to anchor, antl tliosc only wliich bclonn: to the 

 Spanish or Portuguese nations ; exrcptiiifiif in 

 case of dislxcss, when a ship of any other Enro- 

 paaia iiower may retjulre Imfnedtate repmrs t bul 

 tlicn tlierc is nuicli trouhlr ;iih1 (lifficnlty ill 

 procuring the rcqnisito prnnissioii : this pro- 

 ceeds from the usual jeah>u>y f>t" tlie ( "liinese 

 government towards Europeans. iVearlj two 



centnti^ or |>erltaps mm&i 'pmabdim was 

 granted hf ^ Cfiincsc autliorfti^iS %jr twenty- 

 fivv. fo reign vessels of the Portuguese and Sjia- 

 iiisli nalious to enter the harbonr ; and these ;ire 

 always regarded by this extraordinarily blinded 

 people to be the very identical vessels iffhxtik bad 

 at that time received the originul indulgence 

 from the imperial govennnent.* 



Fruit is neither ]»artieiilarly nliinidaut inn" ex- 

 cellent in this part of China ; the great variety 

 of oranges may be regarded the he$l>j ^ ijilso 

 the degant scarlet Lit, cM {JDmmsm'p^ 

 Thero is another fruit, of which also tlu're are 

 several varieties — it h a i!>ia«f/-^m3— (the -Oios- 



• Nil individuals, except Purtugui'SL-, or iiuturali/od Pt»r- 

 tnguese, arc permitted to be owners oi' liouscs at Maeao. 



