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Behind the boiler in spite of a determined search for him by the pirates. Meanwhile Captain Joslin becoming weak with his wound fell down into the passenger cabin forward of the saloon. Dr. MacDonald also lay down, having probably received one of the flying bullets a wound in the abdomen. One of the pirates came up to him and put a bullet into his brain at very close quarters. The pirates then found Captain Joslin who feigned death. They saw his wound and kicked him several times. They pulled off his coat and trousers and finger ring, and left him lying in the cabin for dead. The Indian watchman who states that the shot, which killed Dr. MacDonald passed through his hand was also shot in the jaw and is seriously wounded but took refuge in the boiler room. Of the other three Indian watchmen, one escaped with only a graze from a bullet on his heel, and another with abrasions of the skin. The third is wounded about the head and is shot through the jaw.

From the evidence generally I gather that the pirates shipped as passengers for the most part from Kumchuk and Kaukong though some probably came from Canton. Their plan, to a large extent successfully carried out, was to surprise and disable the Indian watchmen, kill the Europeans who were, as they probably knew, unarmed, seize the ship and take her to a spot agreed on, where they were met by five boats manned by confederates. The spot fixed on was Fu Wan, a small village a few miles from Taiping, a well-known stronghold of robbers and pirates. Here they forced the crew to drop anchor, and, assisted by the confederates, ...

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Behind the boiler in spite of a determined search for him by the pirates. Meanwhile Captain Joslin becoming weak with his wound fell down into the passenger cabin forward of the saloon. Dr. MacDonald also lay down, having probably received one of the flying bullets a wound in the abdomen. One of the pirates came up to him and put a bullet into his brain at very close quarters. The pirates then found Captain Joslin who feigned death. They saw his wound and kicked him several times. They pulled off his coat and trousers and finger ring, and left him lying in the cabin for dead. The Indian watchman who states that the shot, which killed Dr. MacDonald passed through his hand was also shot in the jaw and is seriously wounded but took refuge in the boiler room. Of the other three Indian watchmen, one escaped with only a graze from a bullet on his heel, and another with abrasions of the skin. The third is wounded about the head and is shot through the jaw. From the evidence generally I gather that the pirates shipped as passengers for the most part from Kumchuk and Kaukong though some probably came from Canton. Their plan, to a large extent successfully carried out, was to surprise and disable the Indian watchmen, kill the Europeans who were, as they probably knew, unarmed, seize the ship and take her to a spot agreed on, where they were met by five boats manned by confederates. The spot fixed on was Fu Wan, a small village a few miles from Taiping, a well-known stronghold of robbers and pirates. Here they forced the crew to drop anchor, and, assisted by the confederates, ...
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Baubiria wez wa toob s afl.

711

SAN MU DAM Guspaonaay eviden 401 ndiw glo5 SATA wie ven

محمود

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la uncoupit - oranda odt .81894 VW to't wurisan ta habisex * ÍVSE SVILA gyldtey pre we be UM gadnud,İN MY naw tendin .plurijoajavi zanziq emas de wiqweasel 1

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ruri muzo #Tavlovni dan baru 190 h repun A ybon exf to rebbal at yo murin

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behind the boiler in spite of a determined search for him by the pirates. Meanwhile Captain Joslin becoming weak with his wound fell down into the passenger cabin forward of the saloon. Dr. MacDonald also lay down, having pro- bably received one of the flying bullets a wound in the abdomen. On of the pirates came up to him and put a bul- let into his brain at very close quarters. The pirates

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then found Captain Joslin who feigned death. They BAW his wound and kicked him several times. They pulled off his coat and trousers and finger ring, and left him lying in the cabin for dead. The Indian watchman who states that the shot, which killed Dr. MacDonald passed through his hand was also shot in the jaw and is seriously wounded but took refuge in the boiler room. Of the other three Indian watchmen, one escaped with only a graze from a bullet on his heel, and another with abrasions of the skin. The third is wounded about the head and is shot through the jaw.

From the evidence generally I gather that the pir- ates shipped as passengers for the most part from Kumchuk and Kaukong though some probably came from Canton. Their plan, to a large extent successfully carried out, was to surprise and disable the Indian watchmen, kill the Europeans who were, as they probably knew, unarmed, seize the ship and take her to a spot agreed on, where they were met by five boats manned by confederates. The spot fixed on was Fu Wan, a small village a few miles from Taiping, a well known stronghold of robbers and pirates. Here they forced the crew to drop anchor, and, assisted by

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