Midnight! Suddenly the sitenee is broken by a volley of shots just up the river. The reports and the echoes continue intermittently for a few minutes. -A green Verey light {fares from the Onslaught stationed at that part of the river to say all is well. Then, out of the gloom, k shadow gradually resolves itself into the shape of a boat, rowed by four men, who draw alongside, talking excitedly. One catches the words "ta sz, ta s2" (kill) and wonders. A few minutes later the voice of the officer of the watch is heard, hailing the HM.S. Moth which lies a hundred yards away. Then come the words "One of the fishermen wounded!" And while the "'smuggled" fish are being! transferred to! the' tanks on: the Lungshan, the doctor. from, the gunboat comes across and examines!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.