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we
could to help out .
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Club _. full,
and 110 were all the private. houaee . Lord Elgin lived on bcud a steMler
he
had
chartered . - the ."•• 1
had
my old friend 'lade with me , and alao
Laure::.ce
O~haD.t .
who
afterwardl became 11<;1 eelebrated, or notorious, "bleb.-
ever you Uke .
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a very
gq
t1.me in Rong-Ko!l& .
Dinnen
were occur-
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81'
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and , as you all laiow, thle 11 the only kind of entertainment
pouible there.- at leallt in
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The place ... full of
soldlen
and
r;.aval IQIIll, and
it
"
IUI e:J:Pected
that
operatione would loon be undertaken.
It ..e not to
be ,
h01l8Ver . News suddenly ca:ne of the mutill¥ in India.
No force could reach India for some montha from
~land .
while
that
des-
tined for China _s actually at Singapore .
Lord
:
i:lgin did not heeitate .
China CQuld wait, but
it
was a matter of IHe or death 1I'ith India.
Be
diverted
the ...
ho l e force to calcutta, and undoubtedl¥ saved India by doing
eo . Ie had now
..
nly
to eit
do1l'll
ana
waH
until
thll
force CO\lld be re-
turned to
us.
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few un1J.;lportant naval operation. were undertaken during
thi. interregnum, b\1.t nothi:lfl: that
had
AI"-¥
influence on the relllllt of the
.
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dare.".
it
will be noticed that I 'llTHe
at!
though
we , the
.
Ar.lerican. , were
a.
much interested in the fight between En&18lld and Chi:ul.
all .ere
O'llr
friend. , the J ohn
Bulle .
t n fact, it
'118'
difflc'Ult ,
if
not
1
mponible, to avo id being influenced by tt.l atmoaphere 1I'ith 1I'hich.e _re
.
urrounded .
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don't
thillk: I
ever cbenged lIIll!11nd as t o the righh and
'
llTong. of the quarrel , but one can ' t help taking
tide.
wi
th the people one
i. living 1I'ith. Of cour.e we heard
the
IIlatter di.cu.••ed in
all
itt
pbao-
lIel all tt.l time . 1/e never
haara.
bu.t one side, and
altho~
it
~
be
nid that the other
rill defy MYone to
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that
':
Ie
who ran l!11ght read.
I
from
prevent hilll.Bfilf bein,g illflu.enced .
,
Sir John contillUlld governor and
!
IQ'
old friend !iet'cer 1I'"e eec-
retar,y . In fact ,
he
wall governor •
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