about two hundred Chinese
were collected at the entranc
of the village and by the medium of Mr. Tong Akur Chief interpreter
I.com.
o
of the Police
Court, I communicated the
wv ad
stated
ind
object of my visit ; after some discussion the villagers s that "How Ahpch". charge of some of this nearest relatives at the village of "The quoi about four miles inland, and that they were reluctant to deliver him up. but that if the party of Police would go to the village that
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they would be intimidated. into immediate compliance.
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Sinformed them that the
rangment Anreceive the that village
man at 1
was
made by themselves and
that my
orders were not to
that arrangment,
deviate from that cerra
that if deception and lying
was
• practised that ill co consequences would fall upon themselves, as I should be, compelled to carry off additional hostages
ander
probably burn down the village ; that the inconvenien
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