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Rapidity. They have at Victoria their spice, who give them correct information about very
vessel, that has a caluable
the
cargo on beard, and moment she haves, these boots pravd about
te lay hold of her and plunder her entirely. The
come mest
most from e pirates themselves the noighbourhood of Whampica, cmise about in fishing smacks of a peculiar heild, so as to cut sail other
craft; but most of them are long rowing crafts and several of them carry a letter of mark. It is very difficult to distinguish them from ordinary vessels, and sohen puerous they adopt many stratagems to prevent m discovery, and generally Keine well to
so as to eludé zame of justice. The traders that come from the m adjacent islands from Canton, Imgtaran 4e, have compounded with the buccaneers, paying them a certain sum as black mail,
for
their
manage
know
for which they obtain liberty to navigate the
rastion propage
seas without molestation; but the
towards Ly gumom is at present very much.
Lygumom infested by these defivedators. They are there
than amongst the
also
islands, and do
very
much mischief. The
trading juntes dave not leave this harbour, unless they have a strong breaze, and can depart in a large squad. Many therefore are here detained a considerable time and are
the
ultionately after all precautions nevertheless plundered. Such occurrences have during t present mouth been
in some of the previous took place.
trade
on
very
orce M
crous, whilst .
similar loues.
We need not observe, that
accent of this insecurity is much curtailed. The vessels that used to come.
and took
from Ketyes and Haeyes, & full
in this harber, often amen
ounting.
·Cargoes