CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 16

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· has now become as much amalgamated with the Chinese as were the Normans with the Saxons in a few generations after the Norman Conquest. Both these high Imperial officers received me, as the Governor of the neighbouring English Colony, with the most perfect respect and courtesy, and with much barbaric "pomp and circumstance". As I expressed a wish to see a parade of the Tartar soldiers, the General brought his Bodyguard of picked troops to be inspected by me in the Park attached to the English Yamun. They wore their picturesque national costume, but were armed with excellent rifles and sword bayonets of the most recent pattern. I may add that when the Consul and I, with the officers of my staff, were borne in the customary chairs of state to and from the Palaces of the Governor and the General, we were regarded with eager curiosity but with friendly respect, by the multitudes of the swarming Chinese population which lined the streets. There was not a single hostile or any hostile

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22 C 15 23 · has now become as much amalgamated with the Chinese as were the Normans with the Saxons in a few generations after the Norman Conquest. Both these high Imperial officers received me, as the Governor of the neighbouring English Colony, with the most perfect respect and courtesy, and with much barbaric "pomp and circumstance". As I expressed a wish to see a parade of the Tartar soldiers, the General brought his Bodyguard of picked troops to be inspected by me in the Park attached to the English Yamun. They wore their picturesque national costume, but were armed with excellent rifles and sword bayonets of the most recent pattern. I may add that when the Consul and I, with the officers of my staff, were borne in the customary chairs of state to and from the Palaces of the Governor and the General, we were regarded with eager curiosity but with friendly respect, by the multitudes of the swarming Chinese population which lined the streets. There was not a single hostile or any hostile
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22 C 15 23 · has now become as much amalgamated with the Chinese as were the Normans with the Saxons in a few generations after the Norman Conquest. Both __ these high Imperial officers received me, as the Governor of the neighbouring English Colony, with the most perfect respect and courtesy, and with much barbarie "pomp and "circumstance . As I expressed a wish to see a parade of the Tartar soldiers, the General brought his Bodyguard of picked troops to be inspected by me in the Park attached to the n "English " "English Yamun. They wore their picturesque national costume, but... were armed with excellent rifles and sword" bayonets of the most-resent pattern. I may add that when the Consul and I with the officers of my staff, were borne in the customary C chairs of state to and from the Palaces of the Governor and the General, were regarded with we eager curiosity but with friendly respect, by the -multitudes of the swarming chinese. population which lined the streets. There was not a not a single single hostile or eny hostile
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· has now become as much amalgamated with the Chinese as were the Normans

with the Saxons in a few generations after the Norman Conquest. Both __ these high Imperial officers received me, as the Governor of the neighbouring English Colony, with the most perfect respect and courtesy, and with much barbarie "pomp and "circumstance . As I expressed a wish

to see a

parade of the Tartar soldiers, the General brought his Bodyguard of picked troops to be inspected by

me in the Park attached to the n

"English

"

"English Yamun. They

wore their

picturesque national costume, but... were armed with excellent rifles and

sword" bayonets of the most-resent pattern. I may add that when the Consul and I with the officers of my staff,

were borne in the customary

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chairs of state to and from the Palaces

of the Governor and the General,

were

regarded with

we

eager curiosity but with friendly respect, by the -multitudes of the swarming

chinese.

population which lined the streets. There was not a

not a single

single hostile

or

eny hostile

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