burn or sink four large men-of-war and about a dozen boats, during which operations from 500 to 600 foreign sailors were drowned. The magistrate of Chên-hai also earned a laurel by a bold attack upon the fleet in the open, off Chên-hai, and YIKKING received a double peacock's feather in consequence; whilst the two heroes themselves received propor- tionate rewards. This created a tremendous com- motion at head-quarters. Those who had defended CHÊNG clamoured for their share of notice, whilst those who had attacked him vowed that the victory was imaginary.[1] The Governor LIU YÜN-K'O[2] became the mouthpiece of the second clique; but CHÊNG closed their mouths by sending four large boats full of charred and splintered foreign planks, as well as the heads and original clothes of his pirate victims. The Governor, however, had already asked that ILIPU might come to Ningpo to discuss terms of peace, and the Emperor had appointed the imperial clansman K'IYING[3] as Imperial Commissioner, to be assisted by the Acting Tartar-General at Hangchow and by one TS'ISHÊN[4] as associates. They were ordered not to advance, nor to take the heads of stray barbarians, the penalty for doing which was now declared capital. The
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