CO129-158 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [6-8] — Page 31

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cannot always, it is to be feared, arrive

at the truth, how much more when the

officials are at all careless in the

matter, will subordinates make use of evil practices? Therefore in making

regulations, Officials must not feel a

great many dislike to make

but must use every endeavour to get at the truth.

12.

The coolie catchers in Macao

are cruel and fearless and different to the generality of people. Their

assistants are more numerous,

The respectable shopkeepers fear to do them a secret injury. They

are always spectators of the wretched treatment of the kidnapped coolies, and do not

dare to remonstrate with the coolie

catchers. The streets being deserted

and narrow, they are afraid of

walking in them by night lest they

should

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cannot always, it is to be feared, arrive at the truth, how much more when the officials are at all careless in the matter, will subordinates make use of evil practices? Therefore in making regulations, Officials must not feel a dislike to make great many, but must use every endeavour to get at the truth.

12.

The coolie catchers in Macao are cruel and fearless and different to the generality of people. Their assistants are more numerous, The respectable shopkeepers fear to do them a secret injury. They are always spectators of the wretched treatment of the kidnapped coolies, and do not dare to remonstrate with the coolie catchers. The streets being deserted and narrow, they are afraid of walking in them by night lest they should

Changes made: 1. Corrected "bruth" to "truth". 2. Corrected "feeb" to "feel". 3. Corrected "onany" to "many". 4. Corrected "Mawar" to "Macao". 5. Corrected "cookies" to "coolies". 6. Rejoined broken sentences. 7. Removed extra spaces and corrected spacing issues. 8. Reformatted the text into proper paragraphs using HTML

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J 17 29 cannot always, it is to be feared, arrive at the truth, how much more when the officials are at all careless in the matter, will subordinates make use of evil practices? Therefore in making regulations, Officials must not feel a great many dislike to make but must use every endeavour to get at the truth. 12. The coolie catchers in Macao are cruel and fearless and different to the generality of people. Their assistants are more numerous, The respectable shopkeepers fear to do them a secret injury. They are always spectators of the wretched treatment of the kidnapped coolies, and do not dare to remonstrate with the coolie catchers. The streets being deserted and narrow, they are afraid of walking in them by night lest they should Corrected version with proper formatting and corrections: 17 29 cannot always, it is to be feared, arrive at the truth, how much more when the officials are at all careless in the matter, will subordinates make use of evil practices? Therefore in making regulations, Officials must not feel a dislike to make great many, but must use every endeavour to get at the truth. 12. The coolie catchers in Macao are cruel and fearless and different to the generality of people. Their assistants are more numerous, The respectable shopkeepers fear to do them a secret injury. They are always spectators of the wretched treatment of the kidnapped coolies, and do not dare to remonstrate with the coolie catchers. The streets being deserted and narrow, they are afraid of walking in them by night lest they should Changes made: 1. Corrected "bruth" to "truth". 2. Corrected "feeb" to "feel". 3. Corrected "onany" to "many". 4. Corrected "Mawar" to "Macao". 5. Corrected "cookies" to "coolies". 6. Rejoined broken sentences. 7. Removed extra spaces and corrected spacing issues. 8. Reformatted the text into proper paragraphs using HTML tags.

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< J 17 29 cannot always, it is to be feared, arrive at the bruth, how much more when the at all careless in the officials are matter, will subordinates make use of evil practices? Therefore in making regulations, Officials must not feeb a a dislike to make great onany, but. must use every endeavour to get at the truth. 12. The coolie catchers in Mawar are cruel and fearless and different to the generality of people. Their assistants are more numerous, The respectable shopkeepers fear to do them a secret injury. They They are always spectators of the wretched treatment of the kidnapped cookies, and do not dare to remonstrate with the coolie catchers. The streets being deserted and narrow, they are afraid of ` walking in them by night lest they should

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cannot always, it is to be feared, arrive

at the bruth, how much more when the

at all careless in the

officials are

matter, will subordinates make use of evil practices? Therefore in making

regulations, Officials must not feeb a

dislike to make

great onany, but. must use every endeavour to get at the truth.

12.

The coolie catchers in Mawar

are cruel and fearless and different to the generality of people. Their

assistants are more numerous,

The

respectable shopkeepers fear to do them a secret injury. They

They are always

spectators of the wretched treatment of the kidnapped cookies, and do not

dare to remonstrate with the coolie

catchers. The streets being deserted

and narrow, they

are afraid of

` walking in them by night lest they

should

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