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industry, when the individuals in question devote themselves in reality to gaining
Aw
hovat livelihood; but it appears that
this clafe of fishermen, who, when noching
intervenes, their nets,
occupy
are
with
themselves at sea habitually given to falling
upon and phunduring solitary trading vesels or vesels in distref when such happen to
come in thei
and even
way,
carry
off and
to proceeding so far as to
hold in detention both such vessels and
their
creus.
The suffirms, being held in
confinement, are unable to lay complaint
before the local Authorities, and the
latter, whether in the Civil
or
The
having no information
Military service, having before them,
are able to ascutain
them, are.
the whereabouts and effect the apprehension.
of the offenders. Chinese and foreign vessels have alike suffered in great numbers
from injury of this descrifition. On a recent rccasion the British Admiral, Sir Henry Reppel, has visited the Vice Roy and pointed out in a personal interview that Chimiese trading vessels, white habitually provided with and
armament, boch
in some instances commit
depredations themselves and also are
frequently plundered at seas
and this became the
frivates with
view
intanI
by pirates,
of furnishing
arms and ammunition; in
of which fact he proposed that trading vefsels should be prohibited from carrying
an armament. To sto