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the

doqqul,

ced, wil and sullen countenances

which belong to the reffians to be found at any time within the walls

of our prison. It is mere assertion unsupported by evidence to say that such men may take to honest callings. I –

no case of the kind,

have heard of

while

on the other hand their frequent reappearance in the dock of the Polise Court affords tangible proof of their inveterate habits of depredation.

6. Moreover, all comparison fails between our Criminal population and that of the British Isles. To brand

English thief is no doubt to mark him with indelible disgrace, and to

an

effectually prevent his obtaining honest

employment in his own country, or the

interest

of

seems undesirable, whatever may be said of it in the interest of the employer.

But the Chinese reprobate is known to

the thief therefore the practice!

be generally of migratory habits. He comes and goes to ost

from any district as want the changes of plunder, or the spasmodic energy of the local Mandarins drive him. Being

what he is a

conspicuous mark would not interfere prejudicially with

his career any where out of the Colony;

and

if

his famuly

or village friends

recognized its meaning it would not

!