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where I discovered the pirate and junks; the pirates escaped to the shore on the Gunboats closing. On boarding the cargo junk I found one man dead and four severely burnt by stink pots, missing.
The pirate junk I burnt.
Afterwards I proceeded to the village of La Riang (where the woman had been carried off to) and communicated with the headman, he stated he knew nothing about the case, but by the advice of the Mandarin, the headman's house was burnt, and himself and another man brought on board as hostages till the woman should be given up. On the 27th instant I towed the cargo junk to Nam-how Mirs Bay, where Medical Assistance was obtained for her crew; from thence proceeded in Company with the "Havoc" to execute my orders with reference to the Hongting Report of Piracy No 5.
Honghui We arrived off Sa Muk, Hoong hii bay at 5 p.m. of the 27th and discovered the pirate junk anchored in the creek. Many of the pirates escaped, but four were captured.
The cargo junk had been released the evening before, but all her Cargo had been taken out, and most of it sold by the villagers of Sa Mant. The junks hauled into the creek that evening, and left that afternoon of the 28th instant.