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Lloyd some to have mado no attempt to koop the public
ho was
out of the ship. Having no masaa uf doing so #
parhapa vies in not making the attempt, although, under
the circumstances and in view of the propensity of a
Canton mob to run riob un very slight provocation, it
would have been only a restunable predubio forg
guard to have been asked for earlier in the day.
I found Captain Lloyd standing; neur the dead body
which was being mauled about and punched by the hospital
attendants and various scody looking individuals in semi-
foreimm drees who were presumably nombore of the Chinese
Vadical profession.
Pearing last sume dapure might be donu to the body,
which would afterwards he put nown to the score of the
accused Portuguese matchman, I cleared a space round the
body end covered it over with the blanket.
I then turned some soldiers and police who had
yielded to curiosity and come on bourd off the ship and
went to the Telegraph Office to interview the Chinese
Authoritice