instance which touches the question dilatory, and also that of vot, occurred in connection witha great quantity of salt. This was stacked in hays—over a million of them—on the left hand bank of the river for about a mile and half. These were lying uncared for, and Colonel Dorward was at once approached, with a strong recommendation that the British flag should be flown over them and a sufficient guard mounted. Two days later this distance of a mile and a-half had a guard of three men, and no flags were flying. Already Chinese were taking advantage of this state of affairs, and were stealing the salt. Forty-eight hours after this the French and Russian flags were flying over this wealth of salt, and a strong force guarded it.
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