ropti^ OP tomm^Arto^f. 



were Malva, were all these celebrated ganicns 

 contained' 



Tht l>po^pi^ topics of c^mvenaatfon, as 

 apace in front of the factories is traversed over 



and over again by the fort:i<^iiers, are opiiiin, 

 Areka-nut, (erroneously called betel-nut,) pepper, 

 rattans, and cotton* The different reports that 

 Iiave s>6t in -mMm^ (gioiiliif m ^Sehs^ -pm^ 

 from moutli to mouth during the, 4iiy>5 ^ 

 cussed early in the morning : true, or untrue, is 

 immaterial; every body credits tlicin, and they 

 serve pour passer le temps. If one person meets 

 aoyoi^^ a cool bow of acknowledgm^t is m^do, 

 ml he out Ub way ; or he imj fee #omed 



to run the gauntlet, if any important ^itot has 

 been started, with every one he meets, at the 

 corner of every hong, at the risk of being scorched 



by tiie «an, or, if ii&m mder %hd,tm^ eatposed 

 ify 4 cMQixig blast t as tbe day ady^ndes^ be will 

 find the tale increased to sucb an extent, tliat the 

 person who beard it in ibe morning would hardly 

 T^ecognize the bantling by the evening : the 

 three black crows ia It isu^ife tdfte W soiKti^ ^f 

 their mentions i m» t^^m ms^m Imp^^ 

 ing on l>oard an Indiaman, of the existence of 

 wlneli e^en the commander was ignorant : a 

 sli^'ht illness of a lady at Macao, by the time it 



