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The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton Before Treaty Days 1825-1844

Note 45 — OLD CANTON. (continued 2)

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Literally 'great wind,' not those destructive storms which occur but once in three or four years, unroof houses and tear ships to pieces; they are called Teĕt-kuy, 'iron whirlwinds.'

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