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"Askold"  was very nearly complete. The Russian Government decided that they would send this new boat out. Knowing the wily Chinese they decided to put five funnels on the "Askold". You see the ordinary Chinaman has no idea of the comparative power of warships. To their mind the boat that had "five chimneys and two sticks" was a thing far mightier than one which had only say "two chimneys and two sticks".
This boat has been renamed the Peninsula since the time of our first landing. It is attached to the French Squadron. Locally it is known as "A packet of

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