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Foochoo
15 July 1876
To the Directors of the Board
of Trade
Gentlemen,
I am master of the
55 British registered vessel called the
'Nautilus'
of Hobart Town. On the
28th of last April, I was leaving
Tientsin for Newchwang with a
pilot on board, and in swinging round to
go down the river, a strong ebb tide
carried the stern rope running away,
and I ordered the boatswain to get another
on shore as soon as possible, and