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kind of profanation, for they look upon the Chinese as a gross and 
impure race of men. They were evidently impatient during their stay, 
and assumed an unusual air of secrecy, to prevent their obtaining a 
knowledge of any thing relating to their affairs, until the day of their 
departure, which was announced to me, by many persons belonging to 
the monastery with much apparent satisfaction. 
