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boats the Pirates made for the shore and I destroyed the banks and 8 guns. From thence I steamed on to St hus and woken off Par Tong at the Southern end of

bry den

mcha.

saw & mitieal sinks at

thal-

The Brews excaped to the shore, but not before they had

in

the

largest of the trunks, laid a train to the Magazine which fortunately exploded about 200 on

เ

bonts; and

ل

300 yards from which totally destroyed her. ' believe there dunks were commanded by a Portuguese from the Statement- made by a Charria-man I found on

board. There dunks mounted in

23

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all 25 Guns. From San Tony I steamer on trelandy Bay and tried to get to Sat- hai, but moving to the

Sať-hai,

heary sea and PW., wind

Mas

unable to do so, the weather also looked very threatening, and from the townces

of

the Barometer I

EP

seemed it advisable to get to Traces with desrated arriving

there

the

wining of the 9th dustant-

I have found the informant's

made

A

wrong statement at the Blice Court as to the "whereabouts" of the capture of the trunk:

taken about 40 or 50 miles to

shi

the westward of Fren-pat distant 240 miles from Hongkong, and swe

not