marched towards Munnipoora, the.JR.aja of which came fofth to, meet the
enemjb and gave them, battle at a village-halted Ampatalla, fourteen mites
S |8 ^ f Munnipoora. The -cqn|tet-was lopg ;»nd obstinate, but-fortune a»
the pbd favoured the Birmans y the; Munnipoora iRaja fled from theffield
of battle to hfs .eapt-sd, whore confusion *»4 di»m<.t4iflnde
Ttewitlntow h i l $ y # p ^ ^ rfMfowfo
poora, accompatdedhyius family, and carrying with him bis most valuable
effeets. 'uThe city ,®f: Munnipoora submitted ^ the- conqueror*%-ho tOoh
possession of whatever the inhabitants : had-sot been -Shfe tfe reSnctve tor
c®#eal> The spoils, cemsistiig'chiefly ofmeKShnodize,«l^WseIs
and .silver, were forwarded to theiguldlenTeet, tog^faertlyMh 2009 pifstofofo
of both sexes; ~
Having reduced the Munnipooreans, 30undaboo left “to his GoUdagaes,
Moung wamaa and Kameouza, the task, of enforcing sabmiSsioii -fibb1 th®
Cassay Shaan, _and several neighbouring petty states; whilst putting-him
self at the head of 10*000 men, unincumbered with bagghgefor artaiery,
he marched against Chawal, Raja o f Gat-hair, WteqtoSSdssed thefoidepen-
dent sovereignty o f a rich, though mountainous territory, north-west of
Munnipoora. In bis progress he overcame Anoupsing, -prince o f a country
called Muggaloo ;* thence he is said to have penetrated within the Harria-
laya hills, which form a continuation of the lofty Imaus, and seem to b e
a barrier raised by nature, to protect the mild uifWarlike inhabitants of
India, from the more hardy natives of the East, who, unrestrained by such
impediments, would ages since -have spread desolation along t’he fertile
banks of the Burhampooter and the Ganges. Pursuing his -conquests,
'* Mr. Wood frequently heard of this country whilst he was at Assam, as engineer to a
detachment'sent thither b y Lord C o rn w a llis .
Oundaboo-advian'ced .Within- three .days . « i ^ b - h f Gospare,* capit-ajyfljf
Caohary,passing;many, rugged, mountains anjl pleasant yall-ies, embosomsd
in their.range.. 1 ’
atya-re ®f the .stQTm-jwith.wffiEtehe .was.ihre&tqpsd, had taken
the'.meCessary precautions for has own'security; b$\joined an su defensive
league with .the lesser rajahs of the Mils.;.-, who,‘though-waging, endless
warfare with 'each other-, united inytbs; hold' nf-dangerda repel the common
enemy. The-.qhief of these was the Brincjeoaf Jo) in ty,.. suing sued the Gos-
saim Raja. Gandaboo, blinded by the ambition q^xdjiqucst, imprudently
peeked .forward, until he found himself environecLwith difficulties -he could
not-hope to-Xurmount, and from -whieh there was how no retreat; To complete
his-.-misfortunes, -that deadly -disease -ted-fatally- known to British
troops,ffoyrthe name of the hifi- fever, had spread .ilschaneful influence
»thi-nwyh the Birman lin k s ; famine and pesti-lencg, accomplished.what fbq
swords wf4he mountaineers could nev§r have effected*' Tfondabao Vdrafops
dispersed, and in the defiles-ofthe mountains, and-themazqsjaf
m m ctrtoff'by the-natives in detail, or- perishedhhe j^esisting. yicimS of
a-shpernaturalfoe;-
- Thft jralgforti-ines. pfijQaBdaboo and his army, instead afdntWdhfidg dig
Birinans, excited an ineatiable spirit of revenge. Kameouza Undertook to
exact retribution from the-CachaTs, for the M'ood o f his slaughtered gpun-
trjbnen; Mouhgwamaa remained at Munnipoora, with a garrison sufficient
to defend the fort, whilst Kapieouza'-mairched agki&'stiGhaWaf j wit-huas yet
greater force than had accompanied the UnsueeSs-sful general, whose error
afforded an u seM lesson to bfs-^iSHceessor. inste&d of.the rash and preeb
* C o sp o r e i s said to b e tw e n ty days journey from Munnipoora b y an' Hircarra, . or messenger.