Writes a correspondent from Hong Kong, November 20, 1844 (1845)

Source: The Friend. Honolulu: February 1, 1845. 

Writes a correspondent from Hong Kong, November 20, 1844, 

"This part of the world is a great beer and wine drinking part, and those who cannot get wine and beer, take samshoo and brandy. Hundreds go home on account of ill health, caused for the most part by their wine-bibbing, and even if they do not go, are exposed to fevers and agues, and other ailments. Much of the frightful mortality among the troops and population of Hong Kong last year was caused, or aided by the convivial habits of the sufferers.”