Junk. The launch had left the
dunk, which continued to back in this bay, before I could
get
to her.
Ab 10 A. M. this pinnace
steamed
0
this
bay
10 midway
between our boat and the
three Frokien junks lying at their old anchorage, turned towards them, the Europeans viewing
them with binoculars, and then went f. the Kann Wo Li which was then
in towards the land on
standing the East of this bay. The was boarded by from the launch and the latter dropped astern. The Junk was then near the land, about a third of the distance between this station and Bluff Head from here. When I was nearing the junk the launch steamed alongside of it, two Europeans got into the latter,
steamed
away
towards and round
Bluff Head and I did not see it
again.
579
cruized off Bluff Head until 12.30p.m. in company with the Junk, which pounded it at about 2. p.m. The pinnace did
not return this
way.
Ab 8. A. M.
I
back towards the
three-masted Cruizer lying at Lamma Island. The master of the
Junk told me on
the
second visit
that the Europeans of the launch who boarded this vessel had again searched his Junk, moving the coffin containing captain who died here on the 22nd instant to thoroughly search under and around it. He had no
cargo, having transhipped his saltpetre to another junk which was towed by the Po Hing ferry launch to Victoria to day. He took
the
sick
from all the
with her to Fookies. There
was again ...