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however these same men accused Ing Assong of being himself a revolting Broker who had sold three Chinese to the Barracoon in which they were employed; was proved to be surely unfounded an accusation which the Books of the Barracoon which were produced at my request..
One other Coolie found in another Barracoon, was recognized by Ing Asoong as being one of his kidnapped companions. The statement of this man before the Procurador, likewise agreed with that of Ing Ascong and the four other men, and he in like manner requested to be liberated for the condition in which he was found.
The other Barracoons having been visited without discovering any other of Ing Asoong's kidnapped Companions, I asked the Procurador whether after having heard the statement of the five men as to the means by which they had been brought into the