CO129-099 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [6-8] — Page 421

124.

25.

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more or

the Coulan villages who is not less trominently concerned in critical croceedings

a better

I cannot give illustration of the avarely which

on

land and water

the tribes at war with each other and that he had not sufficiently

fowerful vessels them safely by

of

sea.

war to send

But it is not only in

the vicinity of the Vice-

regal

residence that the Chinese auctoritics

brevails Sock

the

to the Westward the fact that,

of Macas chan

some time

I

ago

are

confessedly helpless against

of war

of

was applied to for a vessel to convey to their homes in that direction come kidnapsed Chinese, who had been rescued. by one our vessels and delivered to the Viceroy. The latter, who made the application, plainly informing the Consul that the interoening - Country was not safe owing

to

lirates wohe are rerely formidable,

excepting to weakly manned and armed Surolean

or native Crafte

in proof of this I may state that

I

once received

an

application

from the Tritar of the important

wiltout

port of Amor for gumboat assistance the plea being,

that the

peserve,

any

firates

had