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"their sticks upon them.
"
I thereupon, accompanied by Military Officers with a Force, proceeded
"to the Island shore to quell the disturbance.
The English had by this time embarked, "Carrying off as prisoners the fishermen
"Waw-loo & Kew Gut, & declaring
"to a loud voice their intention
"to decapitate them. While we were "Engaging into the affair, the fishing
"people began to grow sympathetic, and
"as the disturbance created by the
"English was owing to this having
"been employed by the Chinese
"wood merchants, the people attacked
"these latter & beat them. We went
"forward and called out to them to
"desist, but several of the number
"had already been wounded.
As we feared that if the irritation increased matters might "take a serious turn, after doing all
"In our power to allay
"it, we repaired
On board the English vessel, & requested
"the liberation of Wan-loo & his
"Companion, the two fishermen. The
"English represented that many of their
"Crew had been wounded, & that
"the outer covering of their longboat had
"been...