House
of Comme
Shore à destroy our Phuffing.
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Topresent his entrance of the
Western Passage
Then
of placing Batteries on
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an not the means
The Hong Kong
Store, of sufficient Zonen. Pe Japage
is 2000 Zards across at the harrowest Jart, from Posesive Point, which is the newest suitables availabk
of ot for the construction of a Battery, the distance ccross is 2,000 Bards; and
From West Point 3,300. These distances Being quite beyond The effective range of the heaviest Artillery, an Every's Steamer Night Round Lontoon Point without Pastaining very much Ross-
erection of
The such way in which this evil can de residied is of powerful Battery on Kowloon Print,
Quel a Battery would cross dire with the on Passion Priit within Theffation
range of garmion sens.
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The Coster Entrance at Symoon being
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The ground being favorable,
it may be defended from the Hoy King
that even a very obmall.
store clone; se
Jince of land at the Weations Entrance
sufficient for the exction of a self defensible Battery, would
advantageous.
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Zey
It affears Tower, my dearest
to obtain a siment at Earger cxtent Biz – which shall of ground on Embrace the whole horten Chore from Kowloon Point to Symoon, and, as for co can be judged from the Jubliked Charts & from the appearan
Jerm of the hills, a well defined boundary
be marked out, which shall
Wittle Land, Jetonhace ! include verz
any point from which the harbour, in its fullest extent, from last to
These point
West can be seh, as well to Iron which the approaches to it an
llaneous
ces.
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