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and died in consequence, the foreigners. board the vessel were Macao foreigners. I heard this from the Chinese brew, whene the prisoner was first seen by timme he was looking at the body of Tow ng kee: -

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me at the

the foreign master of Me 15 was on board ; the large ship arrived in this Harbour on the

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* August and I was locked up in a place below with forty nine others until the 124 or 27 h of September, when I was tranferred from vessel #: 15- to 1:16, the twoo vessels were near to Hoons chune":

(Signed) Chum Ayyoong's mert

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Mg. Ah-Mz, having made declaration - deporeth-

I am a native Joi Chow, hear Inang-chow- Lam a fishermane; on the 16% of May last I was on board my boat at "Toap bheong "

which is about twelve miles and a half from Tuang b how was ; a foreign vessel which I afterwards knew to be number 15, was at. anchor at Taxp Cheong ; a foreigner Called me alongside to sell him some fish, I went on board, weighed some fish, and then asked for payment, I was then leized and put down below, there was no other person on board my

boat and I do not know what became of it, I never saw it afterwards, Swas not allowed to come prone below, there were

two

on board