Both people and officials are very friendly, and we have for many years experienced no trouble from open hostilities. The prevailing sentiment seems to be slowly turning in favour of change. Whatever may be their sincere opinion, an expression is on everybody's lips is to the effect times are genecata to the last degree, that a radical change is inevitable. Several of the officials and gentry have been pressing us to open a school for teaching En; gush. But the majority of them still they would lose face by receiving instruction from a " barbarian."
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