Ir is not 80 very many. years ago that;,.: Musurus Pasha, on descending from hi carriage in front of a mansion wher some entertainment, was being held, was volemently cheered by the mob unger, the singular impression that, be was, (he Chinese ambassador,. he mistake fa peculiar one, if only. from the.faot, that the Tar! diplomatist had been long resident in London, and that, his appearance ought to have been, tolerably familiar to the public; and it was also peculiar as showing the utter ignorance of the lower orders respe general ap) Chinese, This ignorance, it is but fair to state, has been systematically fostered. by the proprietors ofillastrated journals, Shortly after the arrival.of Kuo Sang.., ao and Lia Hei-hung in London, the Ilustrated London News printed a picture which it was pleased.., to call,' The,,, Chinese Ambassadors at the opening.of Parliament.',. In the midst of the crowd. there were portrayed two. long, lean. figures, dressed ju a garb whiok reflated much oredit upon the imagi the. artist, who might have.,.be¢ ibe Cingalese, Siamese, Aztecs, erin of the Moon,.but, who, bore not; the most dislant, xesemblayoe to Phivane
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