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beard

تیم هم در بیج بسم

informer, and a Mandarin

from Howloon. The

I anchored.

danne

night Bay

Custle Bah

all information concerning Sha. Mi

being loo

providing

vague

to allow

of my

Weighing the following Merning I reached Deep (How Hooy)

at daylight, and comm

ht, and communicating

with a fishing junk whose

Captain with

Came

arre

received.

information that a peratical vessel

(reported to have

a chew

mon and to be heavily

of

00

armed)

hud bean in the bay the preceding

:day, and it was uncertain

hether she had

left

the

meighbourhood. I also burnt ___

AVA 3

situated at the

that She Me

head

of this bay . Whilst straming

up

to find a passage with sufficient

water

for

the masti

the Gunboat, at observed.

of a Junk

and immedia

over the land:

immediately afterward

ascertained that her Crew Avetë

deserting her.

I at once endeavoured to get within gunshot, and

water

in

very

h the

Though

shoal, succeeded

deving to within half

در تایم

mile, when getting into 6 ft center ( the Gunboat brawing & ft : 10 in.)

I took the boats

away

the

Gunboat opening fire at the same time and pulled

AIV

for