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be lauded by somo for the space of ii few days ; 

 ^im Jie will rise in importance, and every body 

 mMI Mn md talk the itidst estti^riilfi^Ty things 

 about Hm; lie will be a mystery, and all tlie 

 residents will be deliglited with biiii, for lie will 

 listen tranquilly, antl in much of the convt-rsa- 

 tioii he will hear far more than he will in any 

 way be IxteH^ed to believe- The trifliiig m casual 

 passiiig observations are usually — ''What, news?'* 

 "None." *' Fine weather?'— "Yes." "Wiirm 

 — -"Yes, exceedingly sultrv. ' Is opium get- 

 ting upT— " Huve not heard. No arrivalri 

 *«Koii[«t Good morning/' 

 l^saMng-mitfcbi^ m& the Aas^w s^e^ of tiie 



suburl>s of Canton J filled with elegant shops, 

 strictly Chinese, with tlie various p,'il<hHl sit^us, 

 I M ituessed a very novel and ao-rceable sight to a 

 stranger : every thing assnm^ fit #ff®reat ap* 

 pearance to tiiat seen in any oih&t eonxitrf : die 

 iwrpw aoui . crowded streets, hardly atlbrd a pas- 

 sage for tw 0 persons abreast, and the constant 

 passing and re-passing of porters with their bur- 

 d<sns^ bawling out to clear the way, is annoying to 

 pmm^^* Th^ ai* ^mi up m iie* 



gant style, and are, in many of the streel^^ CX-r 

 ceediugly spacious : t]w shoemakers' shops are 

 filled with shoes, from tliost; of the sni;dl-foot('d 

 woniaii decoiuted in a nujst tabteftd ami faneiiul 



