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Truese to go to the as

to the assistance of the

до English Parque "Asia" on shore at

the Entrance of the Brenny River a "Broadway" and remained

1

by

her

all that day laying out anchors,

aud

trying

to tow her

I

The next morning I again

took her in tow, but only enccceded

in moving

her slightly. The crew

of the Barque

were discharging

Cargo, into lighters from Tração.

The Captain not.

assistance for the

requiring my-

present, I stramed

on to Nam- Kang near Coular, and from thence towards Tongue Island

for Chow. Chung "I observed the mask heads

near which place

of severse

dunks over a point of Lanch. pont of Land.

pwas

Invent

approaching

away in the boats and on

fired at by about yo or 80 firates with Muskets and Singalls, but fortunately they only

bout

a

hulled

my

once and having sent The W. Froughton and three men to clear the hills immediately overlooking I boarded four dunks in one

Ms

I which I found 7 presengers belonging to the

The Pirates had killed 13

informer's bunk.

J

the other passengers

but had

releasch the

the

women.

Tros J

Innks were very large and armed. with Oguns each, 9 to 12 Pers) and I estimated they had on board at