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through
any negligence
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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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woo
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
斥
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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