Chinese Suicide.—A-. touching instance of this occurred at Canton some years ago, in the case of a young aoc^mj'ii^h'-'d girl, wh> had be^n unfortunately married to a hru'al husband. When on ;i visit to hiT pare ts, she couiplahhid to a small parly of her unmarried is'ers and cousins of the misery she endured, and declared her intention of dvowniuul herseif. "Oh ! " sriid these young ladies, '' if that is ■ married life, we Khali drown ourselves t/.n>." So they all joined hands together, and w;dlui)<; into n fishpond, b'Ciiroe l)ridtjs of deaih.— Six WeeksinaToiocr, from Jjiackwootfs Magazine,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 288, 21 November 1862, Page 10 (Supplement)
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