at that time were three—in the South, auccersively Tama, Lampacao, Macao; in the north Liampy (Ningpo) and about half-way between them, C! 'The remainder of the paper' was occupied with " description of life as it was in China, an an attempt to show that although more than three centuries had passed yet things were unchanged. The "principal authority discussed was F. BIN. Pinto, whose reputation for veracity was described as very bad. On the ground that even works ut fiction are often of some his-! torical value us they show the current of thought of the tim", the Lecturer went carefully brough the extraordinsty story, Corea." of Pinto, teeming aa it did with tales of piracy, land and sea-fights, and adventures romantic to a degree.. Pinto describes the settlement of Liampo (Ningp")
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