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-burnt down by the mob in deptember 1885, we found that

there is no

or

longer any strong general feeling of hostility among the people against foreigners, or at least, against Englishmen, whom even the Chinese populace has___ now learned to distinguish from Frenchmen. In company General Cameron and Colonel Walker, and some Officers of our respective staffs, I traversed the heart of the City, visiting the chief temples, and Pagodas, and

with

Rome

some

of the

more remarkable

remarkable points

on the Walls. Even in the most ~

crowded streets there was no

-unfriendly act or gesture, any

more than on

my first visit two years ago, before the commencement de my popatch of the Franco-Chinese hostilities, 8. 167 of 1833

During many

3.

months

past, the Chinese Government have been pushing on vigorously, at --

-

Canton as elsewhere, their naval

and Military preparations, which

will not be relaxed until a

definitive treaty of peace sha