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tancCj villages, pa^'<HUi.s,* which formed, in com- 

 bml^oii, nim0 y^tf iittercstitig scenery, M 'Wife 

 appToaehdt CTantan^ tBe busik ^nd multitude of 

 boats increased upon tlie river : these boats con- 

 tained wliole fajnilies,\\ lif) had been horn and lired 

 in them. They eoidd oftt^n be seen containing 

 the young sprawling infant, ju^taib^lo to walk^ the 



lijl reared ia this confined ^p^C^; hv^ tM 



same tim(^, the pco|de wore an appearance of 

 ha]>piness and content npon their coniitenancc'S, 

 in spite of their stpndid niisury. They keep 

 iShmtlmi^f m a reey B^i and clean conditkn, 

 which <Sje#t^llIy confers some degree of credit 

 npon the people. The fli>i:'-si:dls nnd the 

 noble jnle of buildings, forming the factories of 

 the ditierent uations, appeared ttj our view; 

 mdf amving tocai dfer^ 1 iealled ii|)un and re- 



* Several ftagfodfts 4ir« seen erected «j»tfn tlemeA dta*- 

 tions at certain cli^itinKus up tlie river to Canton, and even 

 Taeyoptl. Looking from thu terrace oi' the llonourable 

 East India Company's factory, it ^vafr <j^8**ved, iSiitl thoy 

 formed a line of watch- towers, and signals of li^Hits from 

 them CQuld jii&ga with rapidity from one to the otiter, fbrni- 

 itig excellent meam oFtfele^apliic communication, and, from 

 thcur extending at cT-rtaiu ^li^t;uK•cs up the river as far 

 as the eye could reaciii they are no doubt imettded for that 

 purpose. 



