It appears that the Caprice's laodah went to Mr, Dabelstein a few weeks ago and asked for a week's leave. 'This was granted, 'When the week had gone by and the Taodah "failed to appear, Mr. Dabelsiein thought that he would make inquiries of other laodah, 50 hho went to the anchorage where' the vessel was usually kept. To his surprise the Caprice was not there, fand inquiries elicited the fact that she had been gone more than a week, Dabelstein Immediately reported the matter to the Police, whose first ingulrles brought nothing to ght. farther afield, the Police investigators a few days ago got information from a Chinese junk-master that ko had picked up a Chi-hose from an overturned foreign yacht, betwen Hongkong and Macao.
The yacht was left at sea, and the rescued man subsequently put ashore, but his whereabouts are not known. The Police are trying to find him as their theory is that someone may have stolen the yacht with the object of smuggling opium in it.
Whether it was the laodah who! was trying to sail the vessel in the Alrection of Macao is not stated. Tt believed that the Caprice, with its Jarge area of sail, had not been reefed down for strong winds, and that squall capsized her in inexpert hands.
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