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himself Vice Consul for Peru)
lying in the vicinity of
market town.
and
а
Were
large
seaport called Chek
hum, in the Prefecture of Luv chew
on
produce for sale; and
these strangers
have been easily enticed into the clutches
of
bamino and
fu
Mu
a turally
the West beast of Hwang tung. opposite the island of Bai-nan.
of Mucae
Beside their crew Portuguese, these vesels seem to
been provided with
MAMAoud
presence in the
bas
agents, of
whose
the neighbourhood they
MNAM
aware
Sometimes
~
~
were
men were
engaged to discharge cango from
vessel said
have
Chinese
afsistants, and with confederates who
by
various methods, supplied them almost daily with kidnapped victimas.
The situation
hum
a
was well cho
well chosen. Chek
place where
770
arkets
are and
»
thrice weekly, appeand
held twice
or
to allract
from
considerable
peasants and petty traders
distances with--
times, they
lo
a
be just arrived; at other
were attracted
on bound
to purchase various articles the
cheapness of which was
and still more
stated; and.
They
were induced to
provisions
on.
temptengly
frequently,
carry fruit
or
bound for sale. The
result was always
always the
with such men
such
( Ů
weve
on board
a_s
the same,
both
these, and with
treacherously put
ine lorchas by boat-