72 FELATAHS RIDING OUT. 



we would go to Mr. Lander previously to our ride, 

 and we accordingly proceeded to the water-side. 

 Being the sabbath, the Felatahs, to the number 

 of several hundreds, were riding out. When they 

 meet, they put spurs to their horses at the dis- 

 tance of twenty or thirty yards, and then gallop- 

 ing towards each other, rein their steeds up all 

 on a sudden, and extending their right arm with 

 the hand half closed exclaim, " Burkah,burkah, si 

 la fere ;" — (A blessing, a blessing, — I hope you are 

 well.) It has a very pretty effect. — The Sulli- 

 keen Door Kee was attended by two of his bow- 

 men, fine young fellows about twenty years of age. 

 They wore their quivers, filled with arrows slung 

 at their back : each quiver contained about a 

 hundred poisoned arrows. They likewise wore 

 a large knife secured round the wrist, and con- 

 cealed. 



In the conference between Door Kee and Mr. 

 Lander, the latter determined on having the 

 goods re-embarked. Sullikeen Door Kee was 

 averse to this, and protested that the king would 

 pay, and with great vehemence uttered the 

 following exclamation : " There is none greater 

 than Sullikeen Selannee, but God !" This man. 

 Door Kee, as I have before mentioned, is a very 



