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The following is a very touching incident in Mr. Glasspoole's narrative. "Wednesday the 26th of September, at day-light, we passed in sight of our own ships, at anchor under the island of Chun Po. The chief then called me, pointed to the ships, and told the interpreter to tell us to look at them, for we should never see them again! About noon we entered a river to the westward of the Bogue.
Glasspoole's liberation, the pirates were at the height of their power; after such repeated victories over the Mandarin ships, they had set at nought the Imperial allies the Portuguese, and not only the coast, but the rivers of the celestial empire seemed to be at their discretion and yet their formidable association did not many months survive this event.
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