By this time we were less than. 15 miles from the town of Tentsuen, the town where the bandits were camped, and extraordinary pains were taken to Save ourselves from trouble. The boats were anchored some ten miles about Tentsuen, and the word soon went round that no start would be made again until the next morning. Being under the General's escort, it was not ours' to reason why; but neverthe Jess we reasoned rather furiously. We numbered some 1,500, at Hsina Yao another 1,000 could have been brought on, and a fast messenger could have taken orders to the Brilgadier at Chowkinkow to fetch out, two or three thousand more, Jand to our seeming—Tentsuen could well have been surround-led, and notwithstanding superior numbers, we could by the weight lof arms, have overe>me the bandits, and taken m ct spoil. Instead of this we merely anchored, and waited until the marauders bad moved out of Tentsuen, before we dared move on. If we are to bo-
Tieve reports that came to us, a message had been sent to them to move out which same they kindly did, and s0 the next morning we sailed triumphantly post Tentsucn, our General's boat having a his] gun mounted to save that dear mar, at least from any danger.
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