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Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams. THE CHINESE REPOSITORY . VOL . VII . FROM MAY , 1838 , TO APRIL , 1839 . CANTON : PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS . 1839 . INDEX . 217 of · 652 193 ABORIGINES of British.
Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams. THE CHINESE REPOSITORY . VOL . VII . FROM MAY , 1838 , TO APRIL , 1839 . CANTON : PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS . 1839 . INDEX . 217 of · 652 193 ABORIGINES of British.
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... British 148 China , means of doing good in Esop's fables , translation of 334,403 Chinese Almanacs , character of ... British flag hoisted in Canton British merchants in China Broughton capt . visits Japan · • nature · 48 Chinese ...
... British 148 China , means of doing good in Esop's fables , translation of 334,403 Chinese Almanacs , character of ... British flag hoisted in Canton British merchants in China Broughton capt . visits Japan · • nature · 48 Chinese ...
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... British . Flags , correspondence about Flora de Filippinas , review of Foreign things , love of Fung Angan , execution of 171 Inquest on the body of a patient 392 Insolvency , settlement of hongs ' 173 Inscription , Latin and Chinese ...
... British . Flags , correspondence about Flora de Filippinas , review of Foreign things , love of Fung Angan , execution of 171 Inquest on the body of a patient 392 Insolvency , settlement of hongs ' 173 Inscription , Latin and Chinese ...
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... British , the duty of 150 392 Negotiations , proper course of . 19 608 Notitia Linguæ Sinicæ of Premare 114 595 Novels , their rank 551 117 336 OPHTHALMIC Hospital at Canton 92 351 Ophthalmic Hospital , ninth Re- port of . 174 ...
... British , the duty of 150 392 Negotiations , proper course of . 19 608 Notitia Linguæ Sinicæ of Premare 114 595 Novels , their rank 551 117 336 OPHTHALMIC Hospital at Canton 92 351 Ophthalmic Hospital , ninth Re- port of . 174 ...
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... British 188 Seneca , saying of 230 Shang te , a term for deity 143 Shin Seën Tung Keën 386 Shipwrecked seamen 173 Siamese history 184 Silk , proposal to restrict 125 Silver , present value of 54 Sin pun keën yang yen 321 Singapore ...
... British 188 Seneca , saying of 230 Shang te , a term for deity 143 Shin Seën Tung Keën 386 Shipwrecked seamen 173 Siamese history 184 Silk , proposal to restrict 125 Silver , present value of 54 Sin pun keën yang yen 321 Singapore ...
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