recommend to the brice voy. The prisoners
he had taken wew ordered to be sent to
Cantiño
examination, and we
for thereupon at once
m. am
left the place
Yesterday), arriving
P.M.
with
return fat q. at Canton at 1 pm. this day.
Commander St. John agrees me in believing it to be important that these islands skreid be permanently garrisoned by a face sufficient to forbid the furtive access of purates, for whom the locality offers unusual facilities He is alm of opinion that the Straits
firm
a very convenient centro
would
and rendy vows for any gunboat flotilla
that
may West Const.
be hereafter employed upon
the
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At a distance of some 20 Miles
there is another place of puratical resort,
m
called Isas Chung (Chu Chung charts, at the eastern extremity of
Joun
the
own Qua Island), which it would be
I shined
well to clem wit and
occupy.
have urged the immediate accomplishment of this task had I not learnt that the place is at present the retreat of a body of the Ho akka population who have been driven from their homes by the Puntes,
presents special features.
He
and whose case
It is
an ascertained fach, however, that this spot is constantly resorted to by priates for the disposal of Cargues and funchose of provisions, well to occupy it.
and it would be