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man

to hire the "Prince

employed Albert" for that purpose I con sidered that considerable doubt and suspicion athisheit to the bran=

& parchon,

particularly

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the

Viceroy's Proclamation directing the

the coast to seize amy.

officers

vessels

foreign resets frequenting the

various

Avas

Pouts and places thereon

well known at Gong Kong,

where Kevok - a. Cheong, the owner

have

resided.

H

occurred to

zme

therefore

might

ao

blind, and

that this Chanter

been intended only

that it cange offered at any of the

places the shamer visited in her

alleged

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alleged search, she would accept it, and that the object of the Chinese who accompamed her

in

going up to search for the punk and the movement of the Prince Albert

come

and

four miles up the river

immediately below the town

of their hing

such

Avert

connected with

operation. To my enquing

where the sunk in question

tvas

? the

the reply ivas,

and this

one

-Zvole

knew.

answer did not tend

to dissipack my suspicions . There however, absence of all proof

Avas

either

one

way

on the other, but

I do not hesitate to pay that my

doulto