m A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



^ him a basket of fhiit, lie walked up and obtained an inter- 

 view with tho prisoner, ret timing wifcli tlie information we 

 required. I theo wrote the following letter, wliich Captain 

 Tro abridge took to the Governor :^ — 



Sir, 



" As I understand, from the pei-sonal interview I 

 have just had with yonr Excellency* in the presence of 

 Captain Troubridge, of H.B.M.S, Amadou, and Captain 

 Stavelej, Militarj^ Secretary to the General commanding 

 the troops at Ilong Kong, that Mr. Summers, a British 

 subject and resident of Hong Kong, has been put in the 

 common jail by your Ejccellency's order, for not taking oft' 

 his hat, in obedience to your order conveyed by a soldier, 

 on the occasion of tlie Host passing ; and your Excellency 

 having entirely separated the supposed oflenco from any 

 religious aspect, by distinctly stating that he was com- 

 mitted to jaii for not obeying your order to take his liat 

 off, I deem it my duty, as senior naval officer of H.B.M, 

 ships in China, to demand his immediate release, and a 

 iiill explanation of the circumstances which led to his 

 imprisonment, for the information of H.B.3I. Govenmient. 



" I have tho honour to be. Sir, 

 " Your Excellency's most Obedient Servant^ 



"HENRY KEPPEL" 



f?aptain Tronbridge found the Governor wbere we 



