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without a shot fired

by any

one

on a

blow struck

belonging to the "Lesmena.

thep

As the Master admits, one of the

Crew

S. Winter

лого

am

willing to fight, I

at a loss to understand, und

I told

him so, why if supported by that man, he could not have shown

aw

Dome

example of the

boarded. I can

only

to his new by shooting Inates as they boarded. repeat, what I did not hesitate to tell

of the "Lesmona"

him, that the case

was not without at least one feature

which

was

gratifying, namely

that

meither the Master nor Crew were

British.

8. If the officer Commanding the

"Gunbout "Lhate", who was sent to look Vide Endia

2. Page 19.

Report ist. 10.

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be

for two Junto reported by the Police to in the neighborhood of Mirs Bay and to have been implicated in the Triacy of the "Lesmona". had not started on the 29th

July contrary to custom without the Interpreter

Informant who to have accompanied him and who

aud

were

ready

could

have pointed out the place where those

Junko

were

lying, there is

every

reasonable

ground for thinking that he might have

captured the Pirates.

9.

As it

was, M. Deane, the Acting

Superiutendent of Police, on learning that

the "Drake" had

jone past the night

place, hired a steamer and

1767% proceeded there himself

arming her.

and found that the information, which he had received