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whilst she was anchored outside the Lynnoon Pass) I left this harbour in the Gun Boat under Command, and discovered my the blincs burnt nearly close to the water's edge, and with only her bowsprit and jib-boom standing finding the shackle of liver Cable travuse just
intelligence of the affair, and heard at Pontoi that Pirate Vessels had been about for a week past, and a Fishing Boat informed the Pilot that two Pirate Junks had passed Aberdeen the morning after being burnt. I therefore made for that place, searching all the Bays outside the Bing I had it unshackled, and then taking the Vessel in tow placed her on the Beach in diwan Bay, leaving her in the hands of the Police at that place - I then proceeded to search the Islands and Bays in the vicinity for any leads I passed, but without discovering anything of importance.
On the 24th I proceeded to Macao, where information was gained that three Trading Junks had been attacked by five large Pirate Boats near Lintin.