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the third

مرسی

the second class.

Upon enquing being

made of him it seemed that he

supposed

had

France

sance avere

that Russia and

were the only first class powers,

though he

was now prepared to add Prussia to the list on account of the result

of

the present war, bebreen that country out France.

Heis Excellency further mode some enquiries as to the population of the principal linopeam combiss

compared to that of chinas - and seemed surprised at the answers he received ;- saying that he had long known that the countries of Europe were very inferior

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to China in size but that he had not known that.

their population was so

greatly inferior?

aking

He concluded by.

about the rank of

the

Military Officers at Hongkong,

their mmber and the number

of troops maintained there.

I should mention

that the Ionitar's reception of

me was

perfectly courteous.

throughout

mammer)

and that his the internew was

though there

very

civil

was a dash of

arrogance about it that was

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