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causing the entire loss of the expedition Muden protect the chinese themselves

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willingly. declaration and if thre they way which station they were forced to make it was through fear of being punished or with the hope of being rewarded and thus they said whatever they were told to say not satisfied the fovernor of Honkong with having caused. The Coss of the Emigrants, commenced

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insults that these two gentlemen andered whilst they were an beyond any : prison discription that I could make to 4.8. __ Aften good deal of trouble the ulease from prison of these this gentlemen was obtained under the heavy Baid of twenty thousand dollars, to appear at the

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