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their calves seized and being obliged to deliver them up, and 

 upon condition of the abolition of school fines, the Watte- 

 baddoe, and the sale of their gardens for the half, they would 

 be ready and willing to resume their duties as even more 

 loyal subjects to the Company than hitherto. 



To prevent the spread of the insurrection, it was therefore 

 decided to abolish the Wattebaddoe, and to send an ola 

 to that effect to them by two Appoehamies, as well as to the 

 people of the Hina and Pasdum Corles, who had also begun 

 to revolt. They were seriously exhorted to appreciate the 

 favours granted to them, and to desist from further disorderly 

 conduct, to return to their villages, and to resume their 

 occupations peacefully : they also received a further promise 

 that their other grievances would be redressed after careful 

 investigation. 



Notwithstanding these liberal concessions, the rebels would 

 not submit, but plainly declared to the Appoehamies that they 

 insisted upon their full demands. They further showed their 

 rebellious spirit by going in great numbers across the river 

 to the Pas Naklegam and the village Pellegore, where, after 

 plundering several gardens, they attacked the coffee planta- 

 tion " Het Hof Altydzomer," broke the fences, assaulted the 

 Company's servants, drove away the cattle, and killed two 

 calves, took out the spirit from the stores, and emptied it upon 

 the ground, broke the vats, stole the iron work from them, 

 and finally carried away as prisoners the lascoreens stationed 

 there as guards. 



A detachment of 28 soldiers under their officers was sent 

 after them. The plunderers then retreated further into 

 the hills about Malwane ; where, being closely pursued, 

 about 100 of them armed with sticks and knives took up a 

 position upon a plain ; and upon the soldiers attempting to 

 surround them, they defended themselves with sticks, forcing 

 the military to fire, when ten or eleven of them were killed. 



Although this stopped the robberies and other crimes, they 

 still persevered in their obstinacy, and refused to return to 

 the Company's service unless all their demands were satisfied. 



