CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 534

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The following afternoon (12)

w are

of

the people of these willages observed bringing two or three the Guns of the last hunk, down to the beach so that I delayed

landing the

intended.

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had

of Thing

Ting For and asked for

The Mandarin

also visitéct me,

further time for investigation (18).

The Grins (6 in all) continued to be brought down, so I shifted to the weather anchorage, across the bay for water.

and to visit

the Mandarin of Sing - For, that

place being distint 3 Briles_ and

returned

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the evening,

at this

interview at allowed. till

Answer

for a final

#

Soon after

Mandarin Came

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moon

novr

and I

of the 188

the

cross

examined them and the petitioners in

the presence of Captain Das. Stewart

and the Mandarin

the Fin Tsing

and elicited that the latter (the petitioner

had grossly exaggerated perverted the facts, that the Blue Button Mandarin (Military of Thing hor

the

present at scene of the wreck with some soldiers, and states that the Captain

removed his own

cargo

in hired

boats, and subsequently sold it at

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loss, that he further asked the

Villagers to remove his guns and