CO129-082 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [8-12] — Page 439

Low Antoo.

having

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made declaration - deposeth . I am a collow cleaner and on the 18- of May last resided at

blunese unknown to me came to be cotton on

Hoong chune, on that day

"Tcheak-Ham" near

said that he had a quantity

a

shop and

board that he desired to be made into 10

quilts;

he wished me to accompany him on beard his

vessel and take a

went and

guided by

my

bag

with

me-

I accordingly

brother Low Ng hee went with me;

the man we went with him to a boat

in which we went alongside Lorcha which I

a

afterwards learned was No 15, and which was then lying off Taap cheong' island in

an

Suwong

chow Bay - Taap cheeng is about ten le (35 miles) from Malv-soo too .. I and Low Ng hee were - frightened when we

foreigners

& get alongside Nr.

15.

seeing

on board - there was another vessel there

within hailing distance of No. 15., and that other

I afterwards knew was Nr. 16.

vessel J.

not

go

me onv

I did

foreigners

on board when asked, some, asusted some Chinese to pull. board and when on board I was forced down below where

seven etter blinese & we were all

came below and,

crying

flogged

I found and continued to do so although teld to desist by the foreigners_ either the second or third day of being on beard four foreigners myself, my brother, bhun Ayoung and Ng they the foreigners spread each man's hands out and tred up his queue.

to the combing of the hatchs . the jackets and trewsers were taken off. and when

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tied!

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