CO129-047 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1854 [8-12] — Page 212

right or ten smaller ones. all the other vessels had at least.

Six

bourd

Live Guns, apparently from sie to hine paunders . I was tive of the larger vessels .. I did

not see

any

12.

ot

mall Arm, &, as

I was not below - The four large

Fissels

zvere

at least two hundred

lous each, the others probably about

what

forty or fifty - Scannet say

ember of

they contained, but

they appeared pulle

away

The first three fonts lock

the Opin, siths, Chinese

Clothing, and about ten Bags of Phice

the others both nearly all

a piece,

the Cargo

that Imained amennting

Tons - 70

about 10 Clock on

to nearly 700 the night of the 9th the whole of e fonts with the exception of

the

this

and

that

ovve

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afterwards, left us -

came abust midnight

began to Immack the hold laking every thing that cons not carried off by the others- this Fue had sive small Guns and purtion

men,

my

1. five of hold, five

the

FFLETC

were see

on deck, and the

doch.

I the

lemaining four on their own dicks On discovering the position Pirates, which I did by stealing out of my Cabin, I returned and- requested the Crew le

to join laking

the

me iu

the Sunk, but Mr Carrol

: passenger spoke to the said he thought

and advised, the

گے

wwe

and

impresdent, not to jou

alisch odorce they foltered except ing Chief mate and Carpenter whe willing to assistive, but

avere