'To' the Ealtor of the Nonzu-Etna Dauwy News"
Sin—Since writing you the other aay,"T have. had an opportunity of consulting William C, "Hunter's fas-mating volume" of reminiscence "the "Fan Kwae' at Canton Before Treaty Days, 1825-1844."
Hunter starts that maskee is of Portuguese origin, "from masque, meaning "never mind." He cites further examples of derivation from the Portuguese, e.g, mandarin, from mander, to order; compradore, from compra, to buy; joss, fom Dode.
'This seems finally fo dispose of the query' originally' put" by" Cumous HAT. Shanghai, July 13.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.