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glad to have the
to
our
opportunity
of returning native people
We were
were according
ly sent out
board of two vessels, 44 of my
companions and
being
on.
myself board of one vessel
and the remainder on
board
the other vessel. Shum Aking
and several other
Chinese were on
board
of our
vessel. Our vessel left the
We
harbor in the morning. were all placed below and
about midnight
of
the 27th
the vessel anchored and
we were desired to come
upon deck and
go
ashore
When I came
on
docks
was surprised to find that we
were at some strange place, and that it was not our
native district. Four small
boats were provided for
us and
were told we must land.
We landed and we were all taken to
a
Chinese house
called the Sun-Tooh-Thai where
we were all supplied
with
food and where also we
found
Shum Shing
and his party.