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recommend to the brice voy. The prisoners

he had taken wew ordered to be sent to

Cantiño

examination, and we

for thereupon at once

m. am

left the place

Yesterday), arriving

P.M.

with

return fat q. at Canton at 1 pm. this day.

Commander St. John agrees me in believing it to be important that these islands skreid be permanently garrisoned by a face sufficient to forbid the furtive access of purates, for whom the locality offers unusual facilities He is alm of opinion that the Straits

firm

a very convenient centro

would

and rendy vows for any gunboat flotilla

that

may West Const.

be hereafter employed upon

the

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At a distance of some 20 Miles

there is another place of puratical resort,

m

called Isas Chung (Chu Chung charts, at the eastern extremity of

Joun

the

own Qua Island), which it would be

I shined

well to clem wit and

occupy.

have urged the immediate accomplishment of this task had I not learnt that the place is at present the retreat of a body of the Ho akka population who have been driven from their homes by the Puntes,

presents special features.

He

and whose case

It is

an ascertained fach, however, that this spot is constantly resorted to by priates for the disposal of Cargues and funchose of provisions, well to occupy it.

and it would be