CO129-098 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [4-5] — Page 362

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days I passed along

along the coast searching the bays. All the drinks and fishermen

I spoke gave information of three

now at

Canton lonchas having passed up The Coasts robbing and ill-treating people and of their being Terry- the bay I reached the latter at daylight and from aloft some

Inks mast-heads were seen over

over

the bar

of

low sand- hills. After steaming three miles and getting a river we discovered eight Carton lorchas moored one or two had old "Grandchops' and two or three a little salt and three had no papers whatever. They were all numerously manned and full of arms and

stinkpots.

I seized the three which appeared undoubtedly pirates and took them to this place giving the others the benefit of the doubt. I handed 33 prisoners over to the Mandarins and they

were tried yesterday and 28 (some of whom were previously Known) will be beheaded :

to day.

The pirates

are very

bold

here: yesterday they cut a junk out within three miles of the town.

/ Signed. / T. S. Gooch

Lient: and Commander.