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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

Chapter XIV

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SECOND MISSION TO CHINA—HOMEWARD.

Leaving the Gulf—Detention at Shanghae—Kowloon—Adieu to China—Island of Luzon—Churches—Government—Manufactures—General Condition—Island of Java—Buitenzorg—Bantong—Volcano—Soirées—Retrospect—Ceylon—The Mediterranean—England—Warm Reception—Dunfermline—Royal Academy Dinner —Mansion House Dinner.

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