Many of your readers may be asked to contribute to a fund that is being raised for these lo. Let them feel assured that every imme given will relieve pangs the like of which they have never felt, and will tide many an unfortunate fellow over the last few weeks of waiting.
29th March.
'THE DEMAND FOR GUNS, long and short and of any make, is very active in this part of China. The natives are making a splendid imitation of a short musket, with a bore like a duck gan, They use foreign percussion caps, which are for sale by the bottle-full everywhere. They use native powder and native iron bullets and shot, I send you some specimens of the crude shot; sorry your readers cannot
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