. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. chant-shipscould navigate them in safety without a pass from her, which she grantedon payment of a certain toll, and this pass protected them from any pirate-vessels they might encounter on their passage. At length, disputes aroseamong the pirate-captains ; and the chieftainess, beginning to find her posi-tion a difficult one to maintain, concluded a regular treaty of peace withthe governor of Canton, who was rewarded by government with a peacocksfeather, the usual mark of distinction bes
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. chant-shipscould navigate them in safety without a pass from her, which she grantedon payment of a certain toll, and this pass protected them from any pirate-vessels they might encounter on their passage. At length, disputes aroseamong the pirate-captains ; and the chieftainess, beginning to find her posi-tion a difficult one to maintain, concluded a regular treaty of peace withthe governor of Canton, who was rewarded by government with a peacocksfeather, the usual mark of distinction bestowed on a military or naval com-mander for any eminent service rendered to the state. The lady, who hadassumed so unfeniinine a character, withdrew from the conspicuous situationin which she had placed herself, to live in retirement, while most of thepirates, being thus left without a leader, made submission, and were receivedinto the service of the government. In the meantime, the whole country was in a very unsettled state. Theprovince of Pe-che-le was overrun with armed bands, composed partly of ^. 7 ^\ ^
Size: 1428px × 1749px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsearsrob, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookyear1851
