First one knew the name of every person in Canton of any note; he could speak Portuguese, also Chinese, and of course English. After the Petitioners searched No. 1 and 2 Barracoons, this man endeavoured to point out to me the utter uselessness of the Petitioners going to any more Barracoons after it had been explained that the two men I had been looking for had embarked, it was through this man's argument (213) with my guide that I had to go before the magistrate the third time before the Petitioners were allowed to continue the examination of the Barracoons.
During the day, as I had nothing to do, I took a walk past some of the Barracoons but purposely avoided going on the same side of the road as they are in, although they are public thoroughfares. The Portuguese themselves were timed out like a guard. After passing a few Returned...