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Prince likely to be less &bnoxious to his subjects

The Viceroy stated that Indichiersants

thoroughly rudased this statement,

and said that at the presentas

mornent Cambodia had made peace-

with Tonguins,

and had ratified.

this peace with a Treaty, but that

France had made no Treaty with

Tonguire,

and hen troops had

remained in the

it of brigands-

country to clean

that at

at first

French troops defeated the

the

lobbers, but afterwards met with

A

a repute, in which to teach. Officers

and theily French new verchilled. -

that consequently the French Comminis

had writter to France for reinforament

The biceroyhere intering and himself

& say that such, was what he believed.

the French Coneal to say, but las

could not be quite sure, as he did

not understand him refectly.

The Encerry continued by saying that

Tonguin was infested by hordes of robben.

that there were a

dozen bands, commen

of which numbered. 1000, and

tome 10,000 mew; that a Kuary die Several