There was much talk concerning a man at Hae k[)a]ng hëen, whose crime was of such a nature that it could not be overlooked. When this man was carried away to suffer death, his wife pressed him in her arms, and said with great demonstration of sorrow, "Because thou didst not follow my words, it is even thus. I said before what is now come to pass, that thou fighting as a pirate against the officers of government would be taken and put to death. This fills my mind with sorrow. [sd: (24 v.)] If thou hadst made thy submission like O po tae and Chang paou, thou wouldst have been pardoned like them; thou art now given up to the law, not by any power of man, but by the will of fate." Having finished these words, she cried exceedingly. The Governor-general was moved by these words, and commuted the punishment of that pirate into imprisonment. In this manner the western passage was cleared from the green, yellow, and blue squadrons, and smaller divisions. The rest of the pirates, who remained about Hae k[)a]ng, at Hae fung, at Suy ke and H[)o] poo, were gradually destroyed.[106] The Governor-general ordered Chuh url kang g[)i]h and Mwan ching che to go with an armed force and sweep away those pirates, who hid themselves in the recesses of Wei chow and Neaou chow. And thus finished this meritorious act of the _Pacification of the pirates_. [Sidenote: 1810.] [sd: (25 r.)] By an edict of the "Son of Heaven," the Governor-general of Kwang tung and Kwang se _Pih, ling_ was recompensed for his merits. He was created a secondary guardian of the Prince, allowed to wear peacock's-feathers with two eyes, and favoured with an hereditary title. The services of the different officers and commanders were taken into consideration, and they received adequate recompenses. Chang paou was appointed to the rank of Major; Tung hae pa, or, the Scourge of the eastern sea, and all others, were pardoned, with the permission to retire wherever they wished. From that period till now ships pass and repass in tranquillity. All is quiet on the rivers, the four seas are tranquil, and people live in peace and plenty. APPENDIX. The Translator supposing that the readers of the _History of the Chinese Pirates_ might perhaps find it interesting to compare the account of the followers of _The wife of Ching y[)i]h_, drawn up by an European, with the statements of the non-official Chinese historian; he has therefore thought fit to subjoin a _Narrative of the captivity and treatment amongst the Ladrones_, written by Mr. Richard Glasspoole, of the Hon. Company's ship _Marquis of Ely_, and published in _Wilkinson's Travels to China_. The Translator in vain endeavoured to obtain another Narrative, regarding the Chinese pirates, which is said to be printed in an English periodical. _A brief Narrative of my captivity and treatment amongst the Ladrones._