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never
Brats should
satue
place at the
the
be in the
same time;
when
one
bout
Nas
loading the
other should be unloading. that
the Boats should have
they
no sails
were removed accordingly. Mr. May used the
expression that the Boats should be so
dismantled that they should be scarcely usable by the Convicts. I understood from Mr. May that
the Boats
I had
no
were to be towed, but
for the
book
purpose, they
were towed once or twice by the Police Boat, but they objected to
do it, saying
it
was not
their
Duty
and I did not insist. I did not
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report this. I have no recollection of having applied for a boat for
correct towing purposes; in fact, I thought the Police Boat in attendance was
quite
sufficient security. There is a Boat which might have been
used
for
the
purpose of towing the Stone Boats. I did not use it,
it is used almost all day carrying water for the Establishment. In handing
over
charge to Mr. Foulun,
I gave
him the
Regulations and
communicated to him various instructions
I had received; he said he had
been used to deal with
prisoners. I explained to him the Chinese Character and that it was
absolutely