CO129-047 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1854 [8-12] — Page 214

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12.

stopped at a tillage about of the ship when they

Miles from

lovke no on

gave

bourd a svall Périté.

Qive,

Llo Qan ve

and discharged the small bouts

ting about

Curge,- after waiting

hour.

ove

an

e proceeded in the small

bout to Macie, where

arrived

we ar

about 3. P. M. on Thursday the 12, Sapplied to the Governor for assistance which he refused stating that he had no force fit to compete with the Pirates.

When I found I could get no

5 P. M. for

assistance, I started at 5P..

Hongkong with.

in a

Fast Boat, lathing

the small boat's

two of Crew that had brought me from the ship - Sarrived at Hougtong- at midnight on Friday the 18th

and handed

over

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211

the two

Chinese Boatmen to the Police .

I have no idea what became of the Sady after

left the ship..

Won

the ship

whe

we returned to where

was wrecked, in the

Tady Mary Word, we

are

large funt in a

only

bay where

we could not get at her. The steanser not being able from want of water, to get to the Village, the boats were sentine and when within lange..

fired on by a battery

which

Avere

returned, and the bouts Crews landed, took the village, captured

and brought offroy the Guns and spiked the test.

(Signed) Mathew Reeney

.

Declared

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