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himself, and, strengthened with these, they perpetrated immediately two other murders, one on a young Peruvian, the son of the charterer of the ship, the other on a midshipman or apprentice belonging to the ship. The chief mate, second mate and crew had meanwhile taken refuge in the rigging and remained there for about two and a half hours, and it seems to have been determined that his life should be forfeit. He either fell or threw himself upon deck among the Coolies, killing one and disabling another in his descent. He was immediately despatched and his body thrown overboard as the bodies of the other victims had been previously thrown. The Second mate and crew appear to have made no resistance but to have submitted quietly to a superior force, brought the vessel back to China in obedience to the orders of the Coolies, who from the time of the death of the Captain had the entire possession and control of the vessel, directing her course and plundering the cargo and stores found on board.
Most of the Coolies deserted the ship when she made the coast of China, some miles to the Northward of this fort; the remainder, forty-five in number, were brought into this harbour under the impression, induced by the second mate, that they were being conveyed to Macao or Canton, as they had been unable to leave with the rest. The ship arrived here on the 27th September. Having shown a signal of distress, she was immediately visited by the police, and the Coolies were, as I am informed, at once conveyed to the police station, it being considered dangerous to allow them to remain on board during the night. On the prisoners being asked for their defence, one of them, No Ahokey, frankly admitted that he assisted to murder the Captain, but added that he was no worse than the rest, for that
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