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the point together and disappeared from view. Before 

 they had gone very much further, our countryman was 

 attacked and robbed, I believe by that very junk. 

 On another occasion, I actually took a pirate junk and 

 all her crew from under the very nose of one of our 

 police stations, at the eastern entrance to the harbour. 

 All these things I pointed out in the proper quarter, 

 and they have been, if not altogether, to a great extent, 

 rectified ; junks are now riegistered and numbered, and 

 Chinamen prevented from entering Hong-Kong without 

 a passport. 



Most of the circumstances relating to the China 

 War of 1856-8 have been ably described by Mr. Cooke 

 in his China. A few little incidents, however, which 

 happened before he arrived on the scene of action, may 

 still be of interest. 



We had attacked and taken the Bogue Forts, which 

 are situated on the Pearl Kiver, about half-way between 

 Hong-Kong and Canton. The river narrows at this 

 place, there being two islands in the centre of the 

 passage, and on these islands forts were erected; in 

 the north island 180 guns were mounted, and in the 

 south one 120. On the mainland, guarding the east 

 passage, the Annunghoy Fort mounted 1 40 guns ; and 

 on the opposite side of the river, guarding the west 



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