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more to the left would probably have sunk the little 

 craft. 



Towards dusk a poor woman came along the plain 

 to the foot of the hill on which the gate where I was 

 stationed stood ; she perpetually called a certain name, 

 by which I concluded she was looking for her husband 

 or some relative, who had been engaged in the action 

 during the forenoon. Going on her knees and holding 

 up her hands every half-dozen yards, she approached 

 by the steep path to the gate where I was, apparently 

 in a most distressed state of mind. I pointed out to 

 her the dead bodies, which she uncovered and examined, 

 but evidently without finding the one she wanted, so , 

 I then took her inside and showed her my wounded 

 friend. Yes, this was the one. After a little conversa- 

 tion, and giving the man some water to drink, she ran 

 away down the hill, in the direction of the village, and 

 soon returning with assistance, took her husband, 1 

 suppose, away with her. 



Shortly after we took these forts, one of the passenger 

 steamers running between Hong-Kong and Canton was 

 destroyed, by the native passengers rising, murdering 

 all the officers and crew, and burning the steamer. 

 This happened a few miles above the Bogue Torts, and 

 in consequence all but one steamer thought it high 



