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which I found the most conclusive evidence of their being pirates—namely European clothing, Copper Sheathing, Revolver Cases, Charts &c. and in the head man's house the clearance certificate of the English Barque "Parana" of Liverpool enclosed with this letter which
captained by pirates in Sandy
was captured Bay. Lt. John's
Buckshore has long been a
hold of pirates
and all the crew murdered,
string and I was told by
the
Mandarin (above alluded to) that they had attacked his village four days before, killing several men and taking
prisoners.
—and it was with the view
of punishing them that the mandarin
and his soldiers accompanied
me
with
the result to themselves as I have mentioned
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The next day
I
burnt two more
Junks
and
five
1
row boats and destroyed three
and the day after burnt another
large junk which was
refitting
in a Creek
a mile from the town. I arrived at daylight on 20th in Sandy Bay, at John's and found five piratical Junks off the Village, all these pirates except two seeing the gunboat escaping on shore
Three of the Junks I burnt destroying
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and two I towed up to Macao; the head of the bay
I also burnt
two other Junks, I have since learnt that five of the sunk Junks formed the fleet of the head man of which belongs
to Bemban and that he had been in
the habit of paying periodical visits