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and saw there

130

w there from 130 to

Coolice.

I had their

ཛ་.

contract explained to them

-

in Chinese - They said they toorld not go for eight years but for four - They afterwards signed the Contract - They made no complaint of ill usage . I gave a certificate

to the effect that the Coolies -

event voluntarily. Crase Examined

by

Attorney General :.

I am not

Continuance

at

of

DOVANO

the.

of the

The Slave Trade

Cuba. It was about the

18th

of

march that I went

to the texte . I had previonéty,

heard

of

place

what was

Faking

with regard to this

matter. Besides the Coolies

in the Ee-wo, I sow some

Seventy

or

Eighty others

who were on board a receiving

Sunk. I in like

manner

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explained the contract to them.

+

They

were willing to

to go,

and

II certified accordingly. I did not examine how long

the

Coolice had been in the Eeroo

and on board the Junt.

A Servant of my

own acted

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