and would have continued but for the inconsiderate actions of men whose conduct Aestroyed all the gued effects of the policy of Dalboquorque. fu 1618 Simis do Andrade arrived at Tumau, and the end of his conduct was that the Chinese fleet blockaded the Portuguese force, and would have starved them into submission ifa gale had not enabled the latter to run the blockade in 1521. The bad conduct of th ruined negotistons which if car would hays obtained official sanction from the Emperor to trade between Chine and Portugal. After narrating the nature of the negotiations which the representatives of Portugal s-right to carry through at Peking, the Lecturer suid that the bid conduct of Simi" de Andrade xt Taawo and the sea-fights which ensued did not event Portuguese vessels from frequent ing it at a later date, The Portogu were impelled to open settlements at Eh chew and Ningpo. They did this not only from the desire to open new channels of trade, but alav to remove at such " distance from Tumno that they should not be affected by the reports of the past misconduct of their own countrymen. The
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