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It appears toYour Majesty's slave that we are very deficient in means,
and have not the shells and rockets used by the
barbarians.We must, therefore, adopt other methods to stop
them, which will be easy, as they have opened
negotiations.
1841 Report, Mar, to the Chinese Emperor during the1st Opium War,1839-42. | ||