CO129-021 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [9-12] — Page 261

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station, yet

I cannot beet make

allowances for the peculiarity of his

position

on that

day,

seated as

Я

remember him perfectly to have been,

in the immediate neighbourhood

of

the Chinese Mandarins and of Sung

in particular who

was

compelling

him to drink bumpers of wine and Cherry brandy in pledge of good- fellowship during the ashole of dinner

2_ You will perhaps

will perhaps excuse

excuse my

troubling you

: with so many questions regarding your statement to me on my return

from bhusan,

αγ

my

personal veracity has become deeply

concerned in it -

A _ Most assuredly - I will answer

any questions that

you wish to put

to me to the best of my memory

and belief-

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//1.

Q . I should be very glad if possible

to have to

you as to

your

of the judge had

ask him to

of July -

Ø

direct

answer

from

Statement that the habits

made

your

You

reluctant to

house after the 236 ?

A... I think nothing speaking

more

likely than I am supposed to have

done render the impression of the recent that had taken place at the

occurrence

до

time, that I did so.

... It is

very natural that I should, but I still must declare that I would not have

allowed that occurrence repon- consideration to stand in bar of all

future attentions to the fridge, had not the

estrangement to which I have already referred, taken place. It is

C.

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