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WANDERINGS IN CHINA. 
Chap. II. 
lent buns and short cakes in Chusan and Shanghae. 
After some further conversation we withdrew, the man- 
darin inviting us to renew our visit as often as we 
pleased. It was now dark, and we were lighted to the 
river with torches, followed, as usual, by some hundreds 
of the Chinese, who were all respectful and civil. In- 
deed, we were always honoured with a body-guard of 
this description wherever we went. 
