finish of every search as if she thought he might be hid somewhere. However, Skept close to her in order they might not frighten her. I think it is quite as well.
I did not understand Portuguese. I know by their actions they used very bad expressions and throughout from first to last, they did all they could to thwart me and my blind Petitioners. We now proceeded to the fifth Barracoon Koo Low in San Suez Zin; there we found 86 Coolies. My Petitioners inspected and questioned such of the Coolies as they thought proper. The Portuguese being little less numerous and a more civil than in the last. We now proceeded to the sixth Barracoon Sun Fuck Tie in Leey Wong Mee, wherein are 60 Coolies from the Province of Fokien. The Petitioners had no interruption here, the Coolies speaking a different dialect from the Cantonese, the inspection was very short and we proceeded to the Seventh Barraccon, Wa...
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