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Missionary in charge of the whole District, and he lied a short distance outside the City. He took charge after his return from a long abocuce from China mate

by serious illuces. When I visited him.

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last Auction he had been resident for a year. or more. On that occasion he expressed to me his great concern at certain rumours and hostile wely that were directed against some of the Elative Christians by a society of suen calling Fremslets

to hare Vegetarians. It is a society that secur

cifications all on China and is said to be hostile to the presence of Foreigners in China. little its constination or quis or neworks

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of working. It is probably one of the names Societies with which China is honey-couted.

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The first overt acts of hostility

5 the Native Christians in Kuching took place just- about the time of my arrival there last Autumn. There consisted of sending a body of men to reap the fichds of some of this Native Christianes and appropriate the produce. Mer stewart was much houbled by the

accounts brought to him by there who had been "colded

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of their property, and appealed to the Chies magistrate the County. He sent a couple of men han his Yamun to stop the depredators while engaged in their work, but the latter only laughed at them and told them to to baske and mind their own business. Another appeal. was made by Mr Stewart, but the only reply coup that the

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Magistrate had no troops and was ther afore powerless. 8 think that, WV Stewart then apprente I to the British

despatelɩmach Convit at Foochow in which care have been sent on the secbject to the Viceroy of Fukien. There is no time now for me to terify this, but it can eanly be apertained. How many fields of the Natio Christians were reaped and stolen or what other method desited # hid of molesting the Native Christian, ance a not hear, but the uneasy feeling of trouble a head filled the Stewart, mind. I do not think, hows,

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that he considered the noorement to be directed against the Portiqu Huissionaries. He believed the Native Christines to be in danger, and be the refus - continued at his post with his family in order to do his utunt to protect them. Had he inspired

the point of attack, I cannot that the Foreigners were think he would have allowed his family consisting of wife, 2 daughters (about 8 and 10 43s respectively) and sonfabul in &quid and nurse to continue Expered to danyes. Her surely would be have allowed the disten to live or to itinerate in loudly country village, in The County. Still be felt trembled and anxiores and cerpered to me that he had never known so dark a time during his whole stay in China since 1876. He continued fristefully at his port during these. mine auxinez sine Kiemeney and therealy and was absent out for a few days on two occasions when he wa? corpulled to to to Fovehow on business.

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