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The Chinese
of her mission, Commander Kelby showed great presence of mind
under very difficult circumstances.
The "Whiting" reached Tolo Harbour at 9 a.m.
and anchored at a distance of a little more than 2 miles from
the point where the matsheds were situated.
The party had disembarked at 9.45 a.m. and marched
ed at once along the north shore of Tolo Harbour for Tai
Po Hu which was about 4 miles distant and which was reached
at 10.45 a.m.
On seeing our approach many of the villagers
took refuge in the hills, but some of the elders of the village
and the custodian of the Temple in the village were brought
to the Temple and questioned. Their names are as follows:-
Pang Ah Fung (彭亞風) of Lung Kong (龍江)
Tsu Fuk (徐福) of Kam Kau Lek (金狗瀝)
Cheung Ng (張五) of Tung Kun,
Leung Nam (梁南) of the Wing Shing shop (永盛號)
in Tai Po Hu.
Chung Ah Shing (鐘亞成) of the I Hop (怡合) shop
in Tai Po Hu.
Chan Fuk (陳彩記) of the Cheung Shu Tau Village (茶坑林村)
Lo Kim Lau (盧儉) of the Kwai Shin District black-
smith in Tai Po Hu.
Chan Tsoi Ki's son of the Pau Chung Village (碗窰船湾)
Ho Luk (何六) of the Shek Ku Ling Village (石古領村)
It was ascertained from Chung Ah Shing that the
villages of Tsa Hang, Lan Tsun, Un Iu Shun Wan, Cheung Shu Tan,
Pay Chung