3
28
paid me two visits recently at an Bongkong, having, on the second occasion, come here expressly to offer his
congratulations
on
the
Queen's Birthday, and to attend the
Ball which I gave in celebration
of it.
2.
It became, of course, my duty, on the Governor's invitation,
to return his visit. Accordingly, I proceeded to Macao (which is distant forty miles from Hongkong), in Her Majesty's Ship Swift on the 9th and returned here
on the 11th
instant. I
was received with much ceremony
and with the most cordial hospitality by the Governor and the Portuguese authorities generally. During my brief stay, I visited the Public Institutions and everything remarkable in the historic and picturesque city of Macao; including, in particular, the grotto where Camoens (who was resident there for long), is said to have composed the greater part of his famous poem, the "Lusiads"- the chief glory of Portuguese literature.
instant