[Illustration: Cover THE 'FAN KWAE' AT CANTON BEFORE TREATY DAYS 1825-1844 BY AN OLD RESIDENT ] During the days of Old Canton, the Middle Kingdom deigned to suffer the presence of a small number of 'foreign barbarians' on the banks of the Choo, or Pearl River. Their residences consisted of Factories built expressly for them, and originally destined one for each nationality. They were contiguous, except where separated by three streets of narrow dimensions which led from the suburbs of the city to the river which ran in front of them.…
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