2 A JOURNEY ON FOOT TO THE PATANI FRONTIER. 
Chief abandoned on their approach. A second column under 
Brigadier-General Ross (now Sir Joun Ross, k.c.B.) had advanced 
as far as Kwala Kangsa in the North, when the capture of Kinta 
in December, 1875, and the flight of Ismarn, rendered all further 
movement of troops unnecessary. Two or three months of inacti- 
vity followed, the troops occupying numerous posts throughout the 
country. : 
The chief object of the Colonial Government, namely, the cap- 
ture of those responsible for the murder of the Resident, had not, 
however, been attained. Sultan Ismarm was a fugitive in the 
North of Perak, accompanied by Maharaja Luna (who was believed 
to be the actual instigator of the murder) and other influential 
chiefs. The part of the country in which he had taken refuge was 
entirely unknown to Huropeans. Rapids rendered the Perak river 
almost altogether unavailable for the transport of stores in this 
part of its course, and the nature of the country, thick forest with 
a very sparse population on the river banks, was not favourable 
for the operations of civilized troops. 
During January, 1876, the conduct of the Malays of Kota Lama 
and adjacent villages rendered necessary repressive measures on 
the part of the Field Force encamped at Kwala Kangsa, but after 
February 5th, all hostile movements of troops ceased. Proclama- 
tions issued by His Excellency the Governor offered large rewards 
for the capture of the murderers of Mr. Biren, still at large, 
namely, $6,000 for Maharaja Leta and $3,000 for each of five 
others suspected of being implicated. 
In January, a Police expedition was sent from Province Welles- 
ley to attempt the capture of Sultan Ismait at his hiding-place— — 
Jambai, on the Perak river. It failed, for Ismart and his retinue, 
chiefly women and children, fled further North as soon as they 
heard of the approach of the native auxiliaries ( Sumatrans fur- 
nished by Cuz Asput Karim of Salama) who preceded the Police. 
The expedition returned from Batu Berdinding (where a Chief 
bearing the title of Sri Adika Raja had been killed by the advance 
guard) without encountering ismaiu’s party. The latter made 
their way to the frontier and thence into the neighbouring State 
of Kedah, to the Raja of which they surrendered. 
Maharaja Lena and the other proscribed offenders still remained 
