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government agent, as well as furnished myself with a 

 mounted messenger of the court to execute it. 



It was night before I got back to quarters, so I 

 reserved my revenge till the next day. 



In case we might be resisted, six of the Malays 

 accompanied us, armed with their rifles and creases, 

 and in this way we set out for the Adigar's abode. 



The first intimation that we had of our vicinity to it, 

 was the continual popping of fire-arms ; presently the 

 beating of tom-toms became audible ; and as we 

 came in view of the house, we perceived a large party 

 around it heartily enjoying themselves. 



It was evident the old brute was giving a feast on 

 the occasion of the slaughter of the buffalo, and the 

 lucky consequences following thereon to himself. 



I could distinctly perceive him loading my own gun 

 to celebrate his triumph ; so, waiting till he had dis- 

 charged both barrels, I jumped unexpectedly upon him, 

 and, having secured the gun, his Adigarship found him- 

 self immediately afterwards in the middle of an exten- 

 sive bowl of curry, just served up, when the court mes- 

 senger who accompanied me having picked him out and 

 scraped him, produced the document in which the 

 words " WILLIAM IV." bore a prominent part ; and 

 the day after I argued my cause in court with the 

 genius of a Cockburn, as will be allowed from the fact 

 that I got back my own money, succeeded in getting 

 the Adigar fined two hundred rix-dollars, and deprived 

 of his rank for two years, which, in addition to his 



