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overawer the city of Howloon ; to
hold the proposed and territory;
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defend the proposed new frontier, which
would row across a
high and rocky
Mountain, rauge . –. Our present
pontier, which secures the long
and
narrow peninsula : of Howloow, the only
part of the mainland the possession
of which can be
of my practical.
advantage to England,
rearly level
is on low, rad.
ground, and can be
sufficiently protected by a couple of
Earthworks and by the fire of
A.
Couple of gunboats.
(3) General
(5) General Sargent's letter contains
maccurate, and (of course, Inany mace
unintentionally
ན
on his part) misleading
statements. For instance; the only
wland to the south of Hong Hong which
really
commands the approach to the
harbour of Aberdeen (called Oplichow
01.
Aberdeen Island) is an integral
part of His Colony, and we manitäin.
x Police Station upon it. Lamma, and
the other islands referred to, have no
good ports and are inhabited by only
.
a few fishermen . _. It is quite incorrect to speak of these plauds (as General Sacquit
Speaks)