Two men have been killed since you left.

We must let the other junks go for the present.

Four of my men were killed and eleven wounded before Mr.Bellew and you came to our assistance.

The Chinese were fighting pluckily up to that time, and it would have gone very hard with us if you had not been at hand; the beggars will fight when they think they have got it all their own way.

But before we land we will set fire to the five junks we have taken.