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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