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appearance of things was entirely chang¬ 
ed : a town, called George Town, was 
marked out, and the fame of the Settle¬ 
ment having been rapidly spread in the 
surrounding countries, numerous adven¬ 
turers flocked to it; some with an inten¬ 
tion of remaining, others merely with a 
view of traffic; these finding a ready sale 
for their goods, and meeting with the mer¬ 
chandize they required in return, the com¬ 
merce of the Port rapidly increased. Po¬ 
pulation, of course, soon followed : within 
the year there were upwards of sixty Chi¬ 
nese Families living in the town, whither 
these industrious people daily continued 
to remove from the adjacent countries, 
where they had previously settled. Roads 
leading into the country were traced out; 
Paddy was planted, and the interior soon 
after assumed the cheerful appearance of 
cultivation. .This, at first, was certainly 
neither of much importance, nor very cx* 
