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WANDERINGS IN CHINA. 
Chap. VIII 
the repetition of the injuries we have experienced. By 
the prohibition to enter the city of Canton the lower 
classes of the Chinese are encouraged to regard us as 
inferiors, and to treat us with marked contumely. No 
measures, that we are aware of, have ever been taken by 
the authorities to prevent the constant insults to which 
the British community are subjected ; and which, in- 
stead of diminishing by time, or being subdued by acts 
of kindness, seem to become more frequent and more 
virulent. 
"Anxiously desirous to maintain peace and to pro- 
mote amity, we make this representation, believing that, 
unless the Chinese authorities remedy the evils com- 
plained of, the most serious consequences must inevitably 
and ere long ensue.'' 
