A Pleasant Bickering with Chinese Marauders—Monthly Tax on Fishermen The Chinese Revenue cruiser Liu Hsing, just returned to Shanghai after a cruise, reports an encounter with pirates at the Nan Vu Shan island, on the 12th instant. The word had been passed that pirates were unusually active in the vicinity and a sharp look-out was kept as the cruiser passed on the side of the island—a course not usually taken—with the result that four pirate junks were discovered at anchor in a quiet inlet. As the cruiser made toward them, the pirates, whose vessels were close up under the rocks, scampered ashore, made excellent use of the cover afforded by the rocks and uneven ground, and opened fire at once.
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