and stood along
daylight, an
the shore. At 8
we discovered two junks apparently making
the best of their way
in chase, running the other into a
bay. The inhabitants of
the village armed themselves, and assembled on the beach, murdering all those who attempted to land. At ... of the cutter boarded
one on shore, and following
the quick, sufficing of guns and several
gingals;
we secured ... Prisoners and some
piratical flags; we destroyed them junk. From the Mandarin of this, : we received information of other junks. On leaving this anchorage, another
junk
was observed, to which we gave
chase
and found her to be the same which had:
run on
shore
just before. She fired two
broadsides at us, and then ran on shore. I then boarded her in the cutter. We had
scarcely gained a footing on board the
junk, when the cutter swamped
in
the
surf. The life-boat from the Canton then sent to our assistance, with hawsers to heave the junk off, which they failed
in
doing, owing to the heavy surf. At sunset,
the junk went to pieces, I and
the remaining
my party
on shore at the wreck, and
passed the night
at a
village
at the
west end of the bay, quitting it in the morning for Macao, where we found the
steamer. The steamer anchored at Macao
at 8 A. M. with both anchors, there being
8 or 10
junks, one of which ... pirate,
but on
account of the bad weather, and
the Canton being
in
only one foot
water where she drew, the junk escaped.
We returned on board the steamer on
the evening of the 14th, having Macao
at ...
the morning of the 15th en anchorage at 1. A. M. this
arriving
morning. I enclose a list of wounded, also a list of pirates brought to this place, and of