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· refuse you must pay them off and
place in my hands a guarantee for
their passage to London.
I went to the ship at once
6 p.m.
and mustered the crew and
offered them £7 a month more.
The crew—sailors—all accepted at once.
The Firemen said not for £10 a month
would they go to Japan.
They insisted on being paid off and a free passage
home as the Harbour Master had
said they would stand by.
I tried in every way to move them but it was
of no avail. They would go home.
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