Nothing Is known about the man because no one knows what he Is talking about. The rescued fisherman speaks the dialect of his native place, Nanou, and although several Inter: preters were tried out yesterday as he sat in the emees admiring his new: clothes, they all gave up in the end.
To make matters worse the man does not read or write, he does not speak any of the coastal dialects, nor does he know any English. After much labour, however, the fact that, his vessel had been pirated and that hho had been thrown into the sea by the pirates was learnt, which lowered a boat latitude 23.40 and longitude 118, the sherman was naked, He was' suffering severely from the buffetting of wind and waves and he was in a weak condition. With some of the Uner's splendid food inside him, however, he soon recovered and his story touched the hearts of the vessel's passengers As a last resort to discover something about the man, the officials of the President Line decided to take him around to some Swatow hotels in Shanghai where his dialect would be understood, 'This was done yestorday evening. He will be conveyed Hongkong in' the President Coolidge and from there he. will make his way to his home on Namou Iland, Enquiries by "North-China the Daily. News" last night elicited the Information that the brain-wave of the President Line officials. had worked successfully. Taken around to a Swatow hotel his name and age were discovered and more details were garnered of his unfortunate experience, The fisherman's name is Ng Ying and he is only 97 years of age. The full "story of his misfortune fs as follows: "Tt transpires that he was only a part owner of the fishing Junk Wwith'six other partners, After being set on by bandits he was robbed and left to drift, which he did for six days. The fate of his partners is not known, His dramatic rescue came aft the had been sighted from the bridge of the American liner when she Was 16 hours from Hongkong with a full load of passengers and freight bound for 'Shanghai and Japan, 'Atter being taken aboard, which procedure "delayed the President Pierce one hour, the young derelict was plaied in' the ship's hospital, The Liner will sail today for Pacife coust ports, vin Japan,
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