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reaches her hushand ut Canton, by passing from 

 individual to individu5il, becomes a dangerous 



till' intelligence is communicated to her afflicted 



liiishinul, slu^ is |)robal>ly attending; one of the gay 

 evening eoiiversational parties at Macao, in which 

 one derives exceeding enjoyment, hearing the 



ladies ^'dimnme ^x^ etoqiient me^/^ md 

 mildly |ias3 over tbet poxsonal didteeta m m^tal 



faults of each other. One may very ita^urally 

 therefore ask, if anything has l>een invented 

 this morning?" and if accuracy is ret^uisite, liow 



One pmm h^fm^ to 6mii^lfy^ ^ & 



long-missing ** Perhaps she has been dis- 



masted, an<l put into Manilla, and that may 

 account for her detention:" in the evening, a 

 report was in circulation, and believed, that ae- 

 xK^nts Imd t^t d^lten xecc^^ei of ^ ixdsdng 

 ship having safely aridi'Ted at Manilla, but that 

 she had lost all lier masts. It is therefore danger- 

 ous to ni.ake an observation ; for shonhi it not at 

 first be deemed sufficiently important, it will soon 

 hn imms&^ in 1ntwca«?f conseqneiwJe, 

 a^ it pulses tlie daily conrse. Any persoUj then, 

 who may visit Clnna> will show his wisdom by pre- 

 serving silence as mueh as possible, and he wUl 



