After talking over the matter for 1 few minutes with the assistance of Mu, Teichmann, the Captain and Chu Vu-lin came to an agreement that Mr. Telchmann," the chief officer and the gang's interpreter Should accompany the search party. Before starting on the search the chief officer asked Mr. Teichmann to request, the gang. not to shoot, and Mr. Teichmann got an assurance from Chu that there would be no shooting.
The search party did not seem to worry about bad characters or ammunition. They went straight to the forepeak, where they found some eight bags of opium, weighing 50 Ib, each. They showed no hesitation but went immediately to the right place, and betrayed a remarkable familiarity with the whereabouts of the drug. Possibly it was their own opium, and they were wing it from the hands of rivals Shanghai. Possibly they were hijackers," taking opium belonging to another gang after hav' discovered all about it from an informer.
After this the party went through the Chinese passenger quarters, finding further small quantities of opiam hidden in various places, and not ceasing until nearly 9 pin, although their search was not by'any means thorough. 'They knew the spots they wanted, and went to each of them in turn.' No part of the saloon deck was searched, although guards were stationed thereon as other parts of the ship, preventing all movement of crew or passengers at the point of pistol or rifle,
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