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westward of the valley.
Lieutenant HARDCASTLE and his party returned to
the ship bringing the 2nd Officer of the s.s.TEAN with
him. The First Officer, boats crews and six passengers
were taken to the Customs Cruiser. The Commander of
the Customs Cruiser who had now returned to his ship
(about 1400) considered that the pirates had scattered
in such a manner that their capture was beyond the resour-
ces of his Cruiser. I concurred in this. He requested
me to cooperate in the recovery of the seventh passenger
who was believed to have been wounded and abandoned by
the pirates.
My armed party again landed under Lieutenant
HARDCASTLE in company with the Customs men, and the pass-
enger's body was found, together with one valise of loot.
The man was deed: according to the statements of native
onlookers the pirates had pushed him over a cliff as he
could not keep up with them. Both lifeboats of the
TEAN were wrecked on the rocky beach where they had been
run ashore.
I transferred the First and Second Officers, five
passengers and the dead passenger to the TEAN, ordering
her to proceed to Hong Kong. The valise of loot was
taken to the Customs Cruiser: one passenger also remained
on board her: he was the Chinese Superintendent of Customs
at Hoihow, and the Commander of the Cruiser informed me
that he would take him to Hong Kong. s.s.TEAN and the
Customs Cruiser proceeded in company for Hong Kong about
1545. I informed them that they would probably meet
H.M.S. WANDERER on the way, as she was proceeding to join
me in Bias Bay.
My landing party returned about 1530, and at 1600
I proceeded and anchored northwestward of Bate Island.
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