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placed with others on
floor. After
up
the ground
we had been taken
stairs we saw
nothing
further of Shum thing or his
party.
There
were
upwards of
400 men in the Barracoons.
Among my 33 companions
Shad
a relative his name is
Ing
Aseen - and ar
among
the 12
who were removed to some
other place
and whom I have
not since sun. I had another
I remained in this Barracoon.
relative named
Ing Auch
the
until the 10th January - During th
[
whole
of this time eve evere
permitted to go down into the yard to walk about every day,
and I observed that
door
was occas
back
occasionally lift open
but sheet when we came down
On the afternoon of the 10th I noticed that this door was
and
open and whene called to dinner, I declined to
go: watching my opportunity. I made my escape out of the Barracoon through this door
and went to the water side. There I asked to be taken to a