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to deceive the local authorities from the first; nor of his persistent efforts
- to continue that deception and smuggle
the sick man on shore - in defiance
of our local Ordinance, and in utter disregard of the consequences to the inhabitants of this city.
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It was doubtless the defect of this most improper attempt at imposition which led to the intemperate language and petulant complaints of the Consul and the Captain of the "Circe". Possibly there was at first a defect in the working of the Quarantine details, owing to the Water Police and the Harbor Master's Staff belonging to different Departments, but I set
this right without delay when brought to my notice. It would however have been beyond my power to satisfy the Captain of the "Circe", who, although his own false report had in the first instance delayed the visit of the Health Officer till midnight of the date of his arrival, nevertheless writes on the following morning to the Consul :-
"It is now eight o'clock and no one has come on board".
It is clear that whatever might have been done, such a man would have remained dissatisfied and querulous, so long as the local authorities declined accepting the "Circe" from restrictions applicable to all other vessels.