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narrative of the events connected with the 
ARREST OF THE RIGHT REV. MONSEIGNEUR 
LE FEVRE, 
Bishop of Isauropolis and Vicar Apostolic of Lower Cochin China 
1846. 
On the 2ord of May, 1846, the Revd. M. Duclos and myself bade 
adieu to our confreres at Singapore, and sailed for Cochin China on 
hoard a large boat which I had two years previously caused to be 
built. 1 he crew were all Christians. The Nakodah or navigator of the 
boat called Gam, aged about 32 years, was a man bold and ready to 
undertake every thing, even at the risk of his life, for the service of the 
mission. He had six hands on board; I had besides three students, 
who had been sent to our college at Pulo Pinang; a large quantity of 
stores and a sum of money, the amount of the alms from the associa- 
of the Propagation of the Faith. The voyage was rather a dangerous 
one, owing to our light boat; we had a few T strong squalls and were 
pursued, for four days, by a Chinese Junk, which seemed to be man¬ 
ned by Pirates. The Cochin Chinese boats lay closer to the wind 
than the Chinese Junks, and this is what saved us. On the 6th, June, 
w t w ere off the Cape of 8t. Janies called Con gio . A contrary w ind 
prevented us from entering this port during the night of the 6th.— 
we spent the/th. day in keeping off and on close to the port, and the 
night being come, we run the risk of passing the Custom House. Cir¬ 
cumstances were not favorable: the wind was still contrary; the tide 
w as low and our way was protracted: yet we had passed the Custom 
House and thought ourselves out of danger, when we saw a boat at 
anchor on the right side of the river. She was, as we suspected, a 
Custom House boat on watch; we tried to avoid her by going to the 
opposite side: but she saw us through the light of the moon, which 
then shone brightly, and pursued us by pulling after us in a small 
boat, which soon overtook us. Five soldiers, who acted as Custom 
House officers, came on board, M. Duclos and myself were shut up 
m the bottom of the boat. The light was ordered and the boat visit¬ 
ed. It was soon known by the sails and the masts that the boat had 
come from Sing.tpoi e, and the Nakodah was obliged to acknowledge 
what he could not deny. « This boat comes from Singapore,” said 
the^ Custom House Officers; “acknowledge also that she lias on board 
^ Chinese ”,—this is a way of speaking to signify “ Opium”, because 
