everything, and not alluding at all to the rule about opium being excluded from China. The English were overjoyed, and our leaders followed the example of those at Canton after the Square Fort had fallen, and reported to the Emperor that the enemy's guns were on Mount Chung,[1] and that the whole of Nanking was at their merey. They also pleaded that in times gone by "the Emperor K‘IEN-LUNG, when un- successful in Burmah, had abandoned 5,000 li of territory beyond the frontier," thus maligning the acts of past sacred monarchs by trumping up false parallels; for, as a matter of fact, the slab over the T‘ung-pih[2] Gate of Yün Nan declaring that "China's territory ends here" was put up by K‘ANG-HI, whose maps, still extant, could hardly accuse his successor of having "lost" 5,000 li beyond it! The enemy also said that the document treating of conditions must bear the seal of the Emperor[3] of China, and that they would send it home by steamer to have the King's seal affixed, and that the ships would only retire to the sea-board; but that their troops at Chusan, Amoy, and Hongkong must remain three years, until the whole of the indemnities should have been paid up, when they would be withdrawn. The treaty was concluded on the 29th of August by K‘IYING, ILIPU, and NIU
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