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following morning at daylight:

the

I proveded as for up the bay

depth of water would allow, and chen continued in the boats; after pulling about 1 miles I discovered a

private just aground, (it being low svater)

the crew

crew of which

ow GA on

deserted her and fled

soft mud

flar;

ow

appearanci

over an eolensive

bearding the juust

I found two men under hatches who

released and burnt the

james.

I then landed and after ?

considerable difficulty

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ded in

finding the village and house in which the Informant had been confined, the latter being pointed out

of the villagers;

and

0.0

it

поого

by

en

deserted

I forced the doors, and found a quantity

of material commonly vessels, consequently

used in piratical

the house

was

burnt to the ground, after which

astated that they

were taken out of

jinist

when

going from Hongling

to

Leong - four the

owner

of itre

Whom pow, 15 days age, and produced.

a

pass signed by Mr Deane, there

avas also

a

woman who had bun

Taken from a village

on the island

of Santão; the whole of threse

I

captired jimre

was released from

another house, but by whom he

did not know, nor

could

discover, and the "Leven"

in the v

vicinity

I

being

On

I returned

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