A few days' respite were demanded on behalf of Mra. Atwater, who was about to be confined, but the Prefect insisted that they were to be sent away to the coast and that they must 1 ready the next d sue country curts wore prepared for them, and their goods duly passed. They were to start on the 15th of August, and a guard of twenty soldiers was got ready. As soon as these arrangements were made, the forei houses were sealed up. The missionaries requested that they be permitted to sell their houses to secure silver for the journey: the official replied that xi! their property had been confiscated by Imp-rial Decree and could not be sold, but that a small property in a country village might be sold This was acco dingly done and small quantity of silver thus obtained.
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