Excerpt from Journal of Three Voyages: Along the Coast of China, in 1831, 1832,& 1833, With Notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands
Brief Notice of China and Siam, and the Labours of Protestant Missionaries in these and the adjacent Countries.
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