s&gera'lfof the kipg^hQrs^i^t,ajnid 4n ta^ny instance»
iaSca^Maiyy.
The, ,weatheEjL^^ipu a g ^ ^ i.S unfavourable, , aqd pjkper^ bqigg-
m prospecfertaf t prpgerfeig a , sufficlmti ypqribgrtlojl5u phonic- .tnt
carry,, the pTov^lopfo ajid atones . requisite.",>for--the ^hqfe escort,
whiloAthe tooadsj which lay betiyeeirpus. andf .-..(Sandy,^.Beeffi..'&(&
flrr&dfally bad h a^-t^,, ^endgr^ny attempt to proceed with ,our.
baggage, and artillery almost impracticable ;. jbhe ggneraL, was in-,
$fe&$sU by these,' _cfeG.HmstemeSjj.tQ >legyei the artij^epyi witfejlthe
Esprqpeans and, thej g ra te r part pf the nativeateai^p&,at this en-
epppmept^, ;and ,to pxocee^^to C and^WjPlscqr te.d f fey twogranaE»
pM,ips( of, Sepoys and the am e nurober- of the Malays regiment..
Accordingly. h e t gavefiouk that he wo,ul(L(c^pss, |be .idv.er , next
day, and appointed colonel Torrens to command , herp • fei ^hia
apsbnce. During upwards of a month „-that jthe hqtaqVBnenf^
which he left behind remained epcamped a | Re rSke.-.Qrti Pa-
lagamby Watty,, very few days passed wijthoflh j^qagRyt
falls of rain, attended with_ close and, .violent -finals^offehundec,
and lightning; ' This weather, which almpst oqnsteptjy .clqs^jj&jB
evening,- and was JpUdwedby.Jhuck, dampTqgg<at piglet, ,subce<aled;
fey ^excessive heat in the early part of the, day, .produced sueh a
rapid change of temperature as was attended with. the impst. pernicious
ejects to the health o f Jthe. tyopps. ^P y sete^ ie» : fluxesA
and liver complaints, became frequent; and, the. jiy ig h fefeypr
which q §m proves, fatal where the person attacked .haspiot^an
opportunity of being immediately removed; To the sea ajr.,; began
to make its appearance. The woods around, 'the encampment
were algo ,sp close, that no .one could stir out of^th^camp without
the...greatest ;risque of losing himself h i-th eir mazes.,. Two;
soldiers, happening to walk out one. day, were in this manner
f ■'«hafelel tobÊé^apm%h!è^ca'nib0;afed<j'lrérriaSnfed‘,iK(n-;the woods - a." day
' tend a night^^^OSbdbto, j^lwthe^ch-^&a?y ïidf* i|n£bv'weather as I
feavè>, dcsombeS®' npr ^w_Quld|>jtli^y^ip| all; probability , ’eyer,1 hate
' chge^^^ayè^^^V'had'&Ql^^^rh^partiesAll^^iijf^ènti’^ iS ^ n . di£-
fe^St* dhepifeipm^rwltl00idp§t.#^ fi£effifran»fe (apm* ^pptlhafe$ m
hdpgs sfiia^iersr>%|^ld‘^h^i#trthe 3 The fibWk
:jqiléts. t'-^TM3feyhyd^ptl^)54^itedi^^l,tïfe(Ï3,nd|lJtiIïH|^»)óoc'J fèllWs
-.jfpye a l d ^ b b r°bght?nfcef > camp, aftefj hptyihg ïiiifi3(.T«dbe' the
teijrjbtóKapfffh.ensipfe jpjVü§£iiig Idopmbdi tóifeMafehéhtedays^n a
drgar^rfbjfst.-; I
rflaying.llJ^^rMi-rth^iAöigar’s' dèa'fë' tp^ifeaki"ÏJshoqtili^e#.
with ‘fl^ïkoüntry rto&cöi^-
,ducf :psjf/ky,e ^had’ah' oppp4tl^ft^®%'sCemg,,'is^'e|al^>rf iffiefe>HbI-"
moslfjoft' 'totally ^ ^ r te d c b"^ flthèfi%inha-
. ,|Iier|^pprQach (Sa^M^Woafe ' thetlial*.rin: was. ir^-
staptly^giyenfean^T^Ml^A^j mènds'^meij, andv,children- fled
d if^ è l^ lp tp .tkqfwpp'cfSii*, I t 'w a s u ^ till d ï t e j& ^ ^ b t f ^ that
fa few pfnhernPto-; remaintjn| theiFi habitations:
•jbiJjo I - f n ^ ^ ^ '^ T any thing M4hyfhgnVeitiif|va' woman from the
I ^ QMfildyfhe ■ (Handian Nterrfepryhfefor’ the>'momentib£.
quitting- 'it..' Wetj^tind. it yery < ditëeult ,t.o prdciirei‘rho;g|i 4fowls,
a^trrffeflits the, native, althphgh^shclï ^|öjësfekvère'i in
abupdahee; ini thé' ef&iutóy. : ’.iTi»s^©t‘-’a lit#ey^_uk‘p riséd;
us, as the" kipgfs ojpgers hadp expressly, issiféd ’drde^'vdifecting
us|jtp be supplied ^wiÜi e ^ r ^ ’Sort ofr'; necessaries, t: We Were
more disposéh ltö-' attributen this ' to 'daeilcbiintry-*.»|Móple thetn-
selyep^ian ito, anyi depe.it ©feithe part fell th^ omitiflbTh e' 'iGan-
dians indepd, particularly the fewer orders1/ , ' shewed lAtle- in-
i^linatiöp tp , haye' &h$ coife^xibn ; with; us.f Tfleir' «bead and
hatred of European?, occasidped>by fehe ii»mbcrtós-; aggressions
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