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mdp.39015009197982	Martin, W. A. P.	A cycle of Cathay; or, China, south and north. With personal reminiscences By W. A. P. Martin	1897		.txt	text/plain	120618	6366	72	of Foreign Affairs gave me exceptional opportunities for observing the course of diplomacy in the Chinese capital for How happens it, it may be asked, that a large city like Canton is situated so far from the river's mouth? The ancient Chinese, who introduced civilization and subdued the aborigines, entered China from the northwest, following the course of this river. whom we owed our lives we never heard again; and, as steamers have now become numerous in these waters, no such piratical fleet has since that day been seen on the coast of China. for the United States when an epistle from the great emperor should be placed in the hands of the American minister," Chinese should treat the American minister with generous confidence, secure his good offices, and give evidence that they in China than President of the United States," said a Chinese	./cache/mdp.39015009197982.pdf	./txt/mdp.39015009197982.txt