The Rice junk
The Captain of ... informed his men that two of them had been killed and two wounded in cold blood. I gave uninjured rice found on the junks and let him ...
There was a large Mandarin with ... they deserted their houses. The head man hired a large body of fighting men to ... him to Chin ... on board.
The Village ... is a noted resort for pirates, and the head man is reported to be worth several lac dollars. At our arrival, three small junks were hauled up on the beach - prizes sold to the Villager, there speedily disappeared; recovered, it is said, by their owners for a mere trifle.
When the Villagers found ... men to protect his abode, on his departure, looted and set fire to it - other Villagers who were ... soon came in and looted and set fire to several other houses.
I was told that they should be squeezed to the amount of $10,000.; but on going on shore, found only an old priest, and could do nothing unless I bombarded the Village. This I declined to do, hinting that the Viceroy could easily destroy the Village if he would take the expense of an expedition.