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Barton, Mrs. G. W.
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Bowra, Mrs. C. A. V.
Buntzen, Mrs.
Cappon, Miss E. M. Cartman, Mrs.
Carvalho, Mrs. C. C.
Coghill, Mrs.
Cranenberg, Miss
Croskey, Mrs.
Duncan, Miss A.
Duryee, Miss A.
Duryee, Miss L. N.
Edwards, Mrs. St. J. H.
Ewing, Miss J.
Fahmy, Mrs.
Farrow, Mrs. Farrow, Miss K. F.
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Horne, Miss Hutchinson, Mrs. Jensen, Mrs.
Kip, Mrs.
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Gordon, Miss
Götz, Mrs.
Gowland, Mrs.
McArthur, Miss
Morrison, Miss M. C.
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Ross, Miss
Ruigh, Mrs.
Saunders, Mrs.
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SWATOW
DIY Shán-tau
Swatow, which was first thrown open to foreigners by the Treaty of Tientsin, is situated at the mouth of the river Han, near the eastern border of the Kwangtung province, in lat. 23 deg. 20 min. 43 sec. N., and long. 116 deg. 39 min. 3 sec. E. It is the shipping port for the city of Cha'o-chow-fu, the seat of the local government, 35' miles inland, and San-Ho-Pa, forty miles farther up the river.
Swatow is built on the northern bank of the Han, which forms part of an alluvial plain through which the branches of the river flow. The shore on the opposite side is bold and striking, the hills stretching away to the coast and forming what is known to sca-going people as the "Cape of Good Hope"; Pagoda Hill rises at the opposite side; and in a direct line from this lies the large island of Namoa.
The first foreign trading depôt in this locality was inaugurated at Namoa, where the opium vessels used to anchor, but it was subsequently removed to Double Island, which is situated just inside the river and is four miles from Swatow. Foreigners here made themselves notorious in the early years of the settlement by the kidnapping of coolies, and so strong was the feeling shown against them by the natives that no foreigners were safe får from Double Island, while they were strictly forbidden to enter Swatow, and it was not until 1861 that they could do so. In the country round Swatow the antipathy to foreigners was of much longer duration. The British Consul was held technically to reside at Cha'o-chow-fu, and subsequent to 1861 several ineffectual
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