stokeholes at 111°),
boiler which had
been partially tubed, previously
departure was
100s corr
to
my completed, and two others & to one : I was therefore
remierod equal
cuabled to proceed.
the next m
.
mor
morning
" clock, and the "Medear" anchored off Trompak at 6 = 30 on the morning of the 7th instant
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I immediately pulled into the bay my gig, accompanied by Mr H.C. "W.W." Jauncey, Master of the Mazeppa,
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and, a..
Dr.
Hastings, Acting Surgeon of this ship, Chinese Interpreter, with the view of obtaining a Pilot for the coast of Shainan, and if possible to procure information regarding the missing ships.
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On entering the harbour, I found it completely filled with heavily armed junks to the number of fifty or thereabouts, fifteen being very large with upwards of 20 guns each, all full of men, and
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to the description of the piratical
vessels given in Mr. David Taylor's letters
of the 4th of
July
last. There were
upwards of one hundred
likewise
cargo junks,
several of whom I boarded with the intention
of ascertaining
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the residence of the Mandarin on shore ; from them I learnt that he had retreated into the country, and that they
themselves
were detained by the abovementioned
armed junks, until payment had been
vessels made for the ransoms of their cargoes.
The appearance of this steam vessel in the Roads, and the approach of my
gig into the harbour caused much excitement amongst these armed
junks, and I considered it prudent to return on
board
the "Medea" without landing, as there was a Tower
some distance in land.
Whilst falling towards the
ship, I observed
a division of five large
armed junks get under weigh, and