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Show x .siii'iiiiM.its i'muiiim:. I WW CIIINAMI'N (MIS AIVKMTU TIIM lIXnilKTAlUI. looking at tho imp one may e that the northwest corner nf tho Htate of Waahlngton la torn oh, aud tlie tce that 1 lift Ii llll.il ulthwattr, Uotteil with au arcliliHlago. Thu Island Is-land of Vancouver flu lotlUlly Into thu gaping curiuraa If It had li-eu torn oirbyaome glgautlo couvuliloii. The tatter aud debrl of the rent form the an hiialjgo. Oqr national Interest centered in that corner long ago when that portion uf the bouudar) was Hi dispute, and the It mloii ol a w ar feeling feel-ing wai only rellevi'l wheiinforelgn arbitrator settled tho boundary, au I gave ua tho Island ot Haii Juan, the most Important lu the group, riiuclly or Victor In contliiea nearly all the imputation impu-tation on that enrnvr or Vancouver 1s-hnJJtliu 1s-hnJJtliu Lly of Vaucouterl thu main aettltiuent oil the Hllll.ll Lollimbla shore; and on our loardira aru audi little laia-a a Whatcutu, New Dungo. ness and I 'or I A ugi Ui, 1 n the Hlalu or Washington. Hurt rowntend, on I'ugtt Huuud, I Ihe prliull Ameil-cuu Ameil-cuu tow n in ar by, nud the headquarter headquar-ter of the ttauty forte of cuiloiu i ill. ( lali who aru u low d to guard agalust thu smuggling, and Mini aru entitled to thepinump'oi tha tliey Arudolng thtlr Ust lu this dlrcUlou. Vkturla haa only SO.OOO luiulallon, Vancouver fewer still, and the lilauda only here and there a house. Dtair abound upon these 111 inds, which are luavlly tlm UreJ. and the waterwa) Utween Hiemfetl (heketliof laitfew vnaels or noun at ull, i xivi t Ihe aiuallt at craft, outside the main cluiiut la. H would to hard to Imagine a moradlillenlt region re-gion to imlke, or a falnr Held for smugglrrs. OIJ ImiJoii (.if m, scarcely a greater tangle of t rooked and cunfuilug thoroughfares than this archlladigoiutseiuni, and thesu Water-wajaareauiiArrow Water-wajaareauiiArrow and sheltered that mero oarsimiu cau safely aud easily Havel many of them. Itlaatniugglti tviradtie. Tboao who tramiwrt the Chinamen are all whllu nun. Tlio resident Cliliicvo octal tlit lr confederate nud a thu agent of the smugglid men, but do nu (art or Ihu ai tual smuggling, that I to say, the loatliig. The great smuggling Is or o lum. The Introduction Introduc-tion or tlio Chinese themselves Ii tf small account, o far aa thu defiance of our law la conci rued, aa compaicd wltli the Introduction of opium, Vet that extenalvn builncsa nl.o carried on by white men. The Chlneao tan-not tan-not lu to and fro a whltu meu cau, therefore they have thu trafllo to Ihe white. These w hlte mt n aro of the class one would expee! to llnj In audi buslntis. A government imidoju lu Victoria told mu that I would "bo aurprlied to know what Important nnd rciil. ablu isirsoua were coniietlcd with tho smuggling," lait aa ho gavu mo uo further eiillghttnint nt. and as I failed to obtain any (roof that any lumber lum-ber or lo-cilfed ruptctablo men prolU-od prolU-od directly by thehualntas, I did not and do not lailli vo that Iheru aru many such. T hoso who do II u suiilggllug of the Chlnt suaruuiiirlnclpled and reckless reck-less charai ters. They maku tin lr bar-galnawlth bar-galnawlth those Chinese whoso Unl umw It I to arraage for the carriage of thtlr countrymen lulu our country, Tlio bonU emi to ednru small tall tols and ijiilte as tnull iltam laiinilus When thu owner of ouo of tluue tual-has tual-has Becureil a sufficient number o Chlucse to make the venture profitable If It tut ceeds, the Journey I made at night, without compliant wltli the law which require vessels salting After dark to dltiilay HghU at ll.ilr aides At time tiieooulrabauda aru landci near Whatcom, at limn uiur Horl Angelu or New Dullgetie. Han Juan Uland, within uir tordi r, l only twelve mile from Ylttorla, am ha n few Chluese resldunt tion it At time Chinamen aru curried then Oucu there they can cross to the main laud with more freedom aud with a jKin.ll.Ulty of ubtalnlug testimony ti tha tllecllliat they aro And tune loin, been domiciled ou A merle in toll. Th smugglers charge t;o to tn for laud liigtach Chiiiamau on our ctuul; $. Is the ordinary and usual chargi Wherever the Chlimmeii Are liude hey find either men of thtlr uwu lis tlouallty 19 fw rttu them or white meu ' awaiting Ihclr nrrlval ah I HaJy tu lako themlosuuo Clilnou iuarteis. Uii.i'ou Im.l Hie danger of arrest I gn-atly les.-ned aud Aller a newly smuggled Chinaman has mad lilt way tu one of thu larger town or cities mar the coatt lili fear of detention by our government vanishes intirely. llurjitr't Mttfftittne |