•stantly attend to watch over amh observe .^them* ,.oSto|ti
I? recollect' of the ingenuity employed' by, .the^JJodian^to evade
the - cares .of the;. superintendants,. A band of ..them graying, been
employed by a 'boat-owner, to .open1 Jdsi oysters, tli,ey- coy£eftg?d
a regular plan .for* pilfering . the -‘most .valuable pearls. One
was appointed to be the thief, and to ^o'ptrive tojrsteal, away
av valnabie^peari.;? while another,' qjk at sigual being.i>preyjp.ti;jly
^ivten, teas ;t© jirMheitai slhewi.ieCj
and ';stb?$rum ^ i i r i ^ a o f i i ^ e h i g , pwdSfced* ?fop• fc$|
order, to -attractg thei a tten tio n jp fjth e
afford an - opportunity jtab the, uggdgj thipiy^» iget«ferffef1
off. T h il.p la ri having been, mrfange^,,, th§yi£;« e n t ^ n . sgery;
q a te tly .fWith Jtheiifcbw^l^Ttill, Itn g ;so fj;^ li^ ) ^hLcd^oiy 4^ ] ^
valuable- pearl, • and Instantly- x n a ^ J c h ^ ^ ig n ^ t ^ t h e ^t l r i e f ^ ^
teasntaiaet. th e feigned .path snEb«i W^cue^
immediately beganbfo t..sesrete«fj§pmeT jpearl^j|©ft'.(Sma|l, .•yuluOj,
^chiaasmaasnfr; as to Jte; ohaery.edtby .the- snpeigntgiic^t^jj
in nijjjseqmMtGe^iiseized; upoa him, -'defected 7 thgy^^t^^bf Rh
h««4 and began to piinish, him. $|}j^ t)£c^ iQne^^iS¥R^.tu^ ^ l
tedhe feflbte made-as much, noise ap^^^stance^as.he^co^j^.
whiter in; the . mean time, the jysal Athief, laid hold of 5^^¥’'w
tanityotaassterdterraftid Sechy&jtljojvaluable,.peaijl.^ i.This.^ >gj^gf^|
was; afterwards: disGovbijedj in cohse^ewfi^ilste quarrel among,
themselvest ahoutadhpi^djivisibUf^lff thP; booty. It been
•agreed that the pearls should. ber soldo'jiand thf^pgipg^ <^v,id^||
amoijgst tliehih^ae&SBiiBg^ Ite the, parts »they, ^ypre^to^^act^in
jffdhuring- it ^ but, fbe inoe% t^fief fFhpi hadrheeRj iliumsh^rag^ 3
burned, offie fEoniiihisa;Qnploymept^ o^ . aeqoppt |g|BhiS| ?sl^gjgi^
the, transaction!? thought himself •also eRtjtlfddtp ?P!dp¥6^te% j|^,rSj
Mthe profits*than; the resfc iwerg, j willing > ijBiS&fe
his claims not being admitted, he discovered thé affair to the
boat-owner, Upon this, application teas instantly made to the
officer commanding here, when th é ‘ offenders were, severely
jjuflished; and the pearl, being, at length traced out, was restored
to the proprietor.