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As to the history of Hong Kong previous
to the rise
very
the Putsing Dynasty (A.D. 1644) little is kucron. Where is, however, on
un ancient cock. inscription, on a
the Kowloon peninsulae, auch withiers British
territiny. large
loose lying granite boulder which circular hill,
the summit
putting out
a
into the sea, close to the
village of elbullenching, directly west of Kowloon city. This inscription, ccrisisting of three Chivers characters Dung Wong Ding
(lit. Hall of a
horizontally
half
King of the Dung) arranged
circos
originally
an inch deep in the
the boulder. Tha
believe it to be a
about boo
aub about
northern face
Clureeze Government
genuine inscription,
The original obrercters,
old.
yewes having beame nearly effaced
leria, weo
in course
renewed at the beginning
the present century (1804) by
orchar
of
the Viceroy of Canton, the clate of restoration being recorded
inscriptions,
the characters
Clos
a reparate
which are
arranged perpenclicularly. The memories
attacking
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