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The next morning seeing a number of men let out to tin wash, and observing several foreigners looking after them: We discovered that we were in a Barracoon - Some Chinese told us that we should be taken before the authorities, and that they would reproach Shun Ahing for bringing us and many others into such a place, some of us began to cry : the foreigners seeing this beat some of us and told us to keep quiet. They told us also not to be afraid, that we should get good food where we were going to and $... dollars wages per month.
They enjoined us not to question them, but to nod our heads. They told us also that if we did so we should receive $... dollars each, but that if we refused to nod our heads we should be severely beaten. We were kept within the Barracoons for ... days, during which time Shun Ahing and the other Chinese of his party frequently came to the Barracoons, and ...
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The next morning seeing
number
of
men let out tin
wash, and observing several foreigners looking after
: We discovered that
ive
were
a
Some Chinese told us that
we should be taken before the
authorities, and
thewe
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us when soc
Barracoon -
tve
reproached
Shune Ahing for bringing us
and w
&
wany
into such a place,
of us began to ory : the faniguers seeing this beat some of us and told us to keep quick. They
told us also not to be apaid, that we should get good
food
where we were
· going to
and & dollars wages per month.
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Shoubot be severely beater. We
hept within the Barracons
were
for
3074
days, during which
time Shum Ahing
oud.
the other
Chinese of his party frequently
came to the Barracoons, and
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