Despatch 135 171953.
Execcaure I8 in
Fuswers by
"Eusigrant" to queries put to them
Ruigrants on board the Shin
some of the Thinese
by Mr Caldwell.
78liany, 1853.
¡Copy.
Franslation. Supp.)
239
to the great great
We humbly, beg to represent to the
Captain clearly the following
circumetances,
be saved.
craving for favor, and camectly besceching for assistance, that
When we first
we
may.
camè on
board
( your vessel), we
we were several hundreds
in number, but those who had the love
of smoking opium excceded one hundred. The time when placards
posted inviting
Ling
were
us to emigrate, the headman
Ahch hun stated that
мемле
could
prepare Opium for ourselves to smoke, and not the least fault should be found with us. We.
us. We were indeed apprehensive
that
هده
should be involved in the calamities
(attendant upon this habit of smoking), but this being clearly explained by words
and made known by notices,
that we should run norisk,
we
and
thought
therefore
ventured to proceed on board. It was