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as soon as tliej give out roots, are cut olf and 

 tmusplsoited : l^axiek^ iat^ "dim, iMl ia tlie 

 ^'arious ttim» teqnived, s& as to oblige to 



grnw ill pnrticular positions ; and many other 

 mctliocls are »^dopted to confine and prevent tlie 

 spreading of tlie root ; the stems, or perliaps 

 they might then be termed trnnks, are smeared 

 idfli sugar, attd ItoLos w Ixyred in ikmtt m 

 which sugar is also placed to attraot the I^Q^ 

 who, eating' about it, pive the trunk an appear- 

 ance of age. 1 s;nv at Mr. Beale's a nundjcr of 

 dwarf tree^i, which have been in Ids possession 

 nearly forty yeais;- Itad ife only operation 2:>er- 

 imnedto leeepthem ia thatpecidiaT^d iWttious 

 state, is to clip the sprigs ^at may sprout out 



too Jnxuriantly. 



There is an infamous custom existing at Macao, 

 ohhging Europeans, arriving Or laikixig#dir cfo* 

 ^attixrekC^eselboal^, to pay aemalMtm to 

 the mandarins. Great blame is iSfSftaialy all^^ 

 to tln:^ imbecility of the I^ortiiguese government, 

 for permitting such proet^edings to take place in 

 their city, and not fer distant from tlie house of 

 the governors. It has b«^^aid, 

 will resist the demand, the governor will support 

 thcni. This is a niisci'alde system ()f legishi- 

 tion, and can only be construed into a h-ar <}f 

 tlie Chinese by the Macao government, which I 



