CHAPTEK XVI. 



MOEE CEUISING AFTER PIEATES. 



In 1875 an English brigantine bound for the northward 

 had been attacked about 100 miles from Hong-Kong ; 

 the captain and a boy were killed, but the rest of the 

 crew, having taken to the top, and remained there 

 while the pirates ransacked the vessel, were otherwise 

 unmolested. As soon as the coast was clear, they 

 descended from their airy refuge, and in a day or two 

 brought the vessel safely back to port. Whilst we were 

 coaling to go in search of these rascals, another case 



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