  FORMERLY HONORARY OFFICER, CHUNG-WANG'S GUARDS; SPECIAL AGENT OF THE TI-PING GENERAL-IN-CHIEF; AND LATE COMMANDER OF THE "LOYAL AND FAITHFUL AUXILIARY LEGION." LONDON: DAY & SON (LIMITED), LITHOGRAPHERS & PUBLISHERS, GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS. 1866. COX AND WYMAN, ORIENTAL, CLASSICAL, AND GENERAL PRINTERS, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LONDON, W.C. The General of the Chin-chung (truly faithful) Army, Chung-wang Le (The "Faithful Prince" Le), Hereby certifies that the undermentioned Foreign Brother, Lin-le, aforetime traversed the country between Shanghai, Ningpo, &c., conducting and managing military affairs (or ships of war). He has traversed the whole country, and from time to time has been actively engaged, and has collected commissariat (or military) stores, neither sparing pains nor valuing difficulties, but directly managing the affairs. After this he proceeds to Kia-hing (or Cha-shing) prefecture to conduct operations (with regard to organizing an auxiliary force, &c.), and to receive and use, from Ting-wang, certain moneys for affairs in which he succeeded (or may succeed). We therefore hereby command those in charge of the military posts on the frontier to examine this closely, and to allow him to pass to and fro without let or hindrance. This is an Express Commission! Dated: The Celestial Kingdom of Ti-ping 13th year, 10th month, 26th day. "Ti-Ping is pronounced Tye, or T'hi-Ping; the first word, Ti, going into the broad English sound like the noun eye, or as ti in ti-tle. The pure Chinese tone rather resembles T'hi than Tye." TO Le-Siu-Cheng, the Chung-Wang, "Faithful Prince," COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE TI-PING FORCES, This Work is Dedicated, IF HE BE LIVING; AND IF NOT, TO HIS MEMORY. |
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