10
187
which a copy
was transmitted with
· my despatch No 9 of the 14th instant), Fo
in some
22044
has been to allay.
degree, the hostile feelings of the population of Canton towards foreigners. Accompanied by several Englishmen, I myself last
week passed through two or
the
three
of
eity, and
principal streets of the
of the City.
went for fifteen miles up and down the Pearl river in a steam-launch
amid the swarming Tanka, or boat
X
population, without observing
*
a
single
Which is said to number two hundred thousand out of a total population of a million and a half in Canton and its suburbs.
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single unfriendly cry or gesture, any
more than on
my previous visit to Canton in last April. * But it would
be now wholly unsafe for any
- foreigner to venture into the quarters of the City inhabited by the lower orders of the populace. So (it
might be said
"be said by way of illustration)
a Chinese gentleman visiting London, -might safely pass in his national dress through Pall Mall or Regent
street, but would be liable to maltreatment in St Giles'.
st
"Described in Governor's despatch W.4% of
May
3.1883
6
10
187
which a copy
was transmitted with
· my despatch No9 of the 14th instant), Fo
in some
22044
has been to allay.
degree, the N?! hostile feelings of the population of Canton towards foreigners. Accompanied by several Englishmen, I myself last
week passed through two or
the
three
of
eity, and
principal streets of the
of the City.
went for fifteen miles up and down the Pearl river in a steam-launch
amid the swarming Tanka, or boat
X
population, without observing
*
a
single
Which is said to number two hundred thousand out of a total population of a million and a half in Canton and its suburbs.
10463
single unfriendly ery or gesture, any
more than on
my previous visit to Canton in last April. * But it would
be now wholly unsafe for any
- foreigner to venture into the. quarters of the City inhabited by the lower orders of the populace. So (it
might be said
"be said by way of illustration)
a Chinese gentleman visiting London, -might safely pass in his national dress through Pall Mall or Regent
street, but would be liable to maltreatment in St Giles'.
st
"Described in Governor's despatch W.4% of
May
3.1883
6
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