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NOVEMBER, 30 Days.

Chinese XXXth Year, 1Xth and Xth Moons.

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The month of November, and the two following are the most pleasant in the year,—at least to the feelings of persons from the morn northern clirimtés. ough the thermometer is not often below 40, and seldom so low as 30 de- grees, the cold of a Chinese winter is often Very severe. ` Ice sometimes forms about que eighth of an inch thick is is usually in December er Janyargs

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In Canton, 1400 buildings burnt, 1835.

26th Sunday after Trinity.

General Chamber of Commerce formed in Canton,

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Knowledge formed at Canton, 1834.

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