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through

any negligence

M

part.

18.

his

And it must in fairness be brume in mind that although glooking at the case with the light

which subsequent disclosures have thrown upon it, it is cary

to

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that there were

easy

sunny circumstances, exlculated

to raise suspicion

character

of

as

to the

the vessel - such

-

no ther fittings - ther real - destination _ the false statement

-

made by the Captain on leaving, and the collection

the

Ruigrants at a Port not open

(

-

by Treaty there were at the

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same time other circumstances I calculated to disarm suspicion.

The stringency of Regulations

is a

moatter

British

as to himigrant ships

of public notoriety

in these seas; and there

Was

agen"

nothing to oblige the Ville's to place herself within Mitich Jurisdiction, the Foreign Ports

F

Miscos o

Whampoa being equally accessible and offering equal facilitics for refitting. The first and most natural conclusin was therefore that she would not have come here if she had been engaged

in

any thing

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