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Tuesday evening, after dark I anchored

on

the East side of Hong-

hai tay

Bay.

at daylight the next morning I proceeded to the Eastivard intending to examine Heie che chin Bay and thence Eastward, to cup- chi, standing up Hie. Chr. Chin Bay, however, I fell

in with the Gunboat "Haughty", and on communicating with Sieutenant Commanding Mainwaring

I

ascertained that he had left Swatow

on Monday Night in search of the Junk which priated the "Henry Darling, intelligence of the Piracy having reached. Swatow that day by

Gleamer from HongKong; he wrote up immediately by the same steamer, to Ammy, to acquaint

the Semir

officer

there of

the

piraon,

in order that he might be able to act-in

that direction

Lieutenant Mainwaring informed;

me that he had carefully whole Const

examined the

from

Iwalow to Hre-che- chin Bay (including Cup. chi River) but had not obtained any informatio of the Pirate, further search in that direction appeared therefore to be useless The "He aughty" being short of fuel and Sieutenant Mainwaring having represented to me that it

fuel

as

posible,

of importance he should return to - Swatow with as little delay the Consul being absent on cha.- char for, I arranged with Sientimant Mainwaring to complete

a visit to

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