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himself Vice Consul for Peru)

lying in the vicinity of

market town.

and

а

Were

large

seaport called Chek

hum, in the Prefecture of Luv chew

on

produce for sale; and

these strangers

have been easily enticed into the clutches

of

bamino and

fu

Mu

a turally

the West beast of Hwang tung. opposite the island of Bai-nan.

of Mucae

Beside their crew Portuguese, these vesels seem to

been provided with

MAMAoud

presence in the

bas

agents, of

whose

the neighbourhood they

MNAM

aware

Sometimes

~

~

were

men were

engaged to discharge cango from

vessel said

have

Chinese

afsistants, and with confederates who

by

various methods, supplied them almost daily with kidnapped victimas.

The situation

hum

a

was well cho

well chosen. Chek

place where

770

arkets

are and

»

thrice weekly, appeand

held twice

or

to allract

from

considerable

peasants and petty traders

distances with--

times, they

lo

a

be just arrived; at other

were attracted

on bound

to purchase various articles the

cheapness of which was

and still more

stated; and.

They

were induced to

provisions

on.

temptengly

frequently,

carry fruit

or

bound for sale. The

result was always

always the

with such men

such

( Ů

weve

on board

a_s

the same,

both

these, and with

treacherously put

ine lorchas by boat-