PBRIL8 OF SPORTSMEN. 1«( 



a^r three days of watching, that tlie piratical baUa was 

 rapitlly approacliing tlie Kaluka in two divisions, 



Beveml parties from the hoats were amusicg themselves 

 on shore ; but an iutimation of what was coming soon 

 brought back those within hail Three, however, who 

 had landed from the BajaJb'a prahuj to shoot wild hog, 

 deer, or cmlew^ returned not with the rest ; nor wore 

 they misled in the first moments of excitement on the 

 appearance of the enemy. Suddenly, however, tlieir 

 absence was perceived, and the imminent peril to which 

 tliey were now exposed flashed across then* comrades' 

 mInds- Should the pirates^ talking early alanii, seek an 

 escape in that directioB, they were sure to fall in with 

 them. It seemed to their fnends ahnost impossible for a 

 boat to reach them before some of tlie enemy would have 

 ejected a landing ; aud ihm, if they had been fount! at 

 aU, they would iue\itably have been headless. The 

 Eajah was suffering under an attack of fever and ague ; 

 and this suspense,— paiiifijl enough to all on board^— was 

 doubly so to him, as one of the misaiug party was his 

 nephew, Captain Brooke. A boat^ however, which was 

 immediately despatched, happily returned with the strag- 

 glers, to the great relief of all on board. They had been 

 led on too far for prudence by the fi*esh tracks of game. 



At the first announcement of the enem/s appr'oach a 

 rocket Avas sent up to warn the Nenui^h, The pirate 

 fleet was now advancing rapidly, with a strong flood-tide, 

 for the entrance of the river Kaluka^ across which the 



