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cnce with the natives was very considerable, to 

 expostulfite with tfie exasperated Rajah Moodah, 

 and deprecate his vengeance. But if the Diilch 

 really hoped thht ihey could again cajole him, 

 they were quickly undeceived by the rapid re- 

 turn of their ambassador, who accounted himself 

 but too happy in having been able to effect his 

 escape with his lite. 



Kajah Hadgt, liaving weig:hed anchor, now 

 came off Katapang, a small village situated about 

 five miles easterly of Malacca, and opposite I he 

 Water islands; here he diseiubarked and erected a 

 stockade on the seashore, in which he took up his 

 Head Quarter*!, having with him about 1,000 arm- 

 ed followers, and 300 women. Close to this vil- 

 lage 15 a spot called Poongoor» where Mr. D'Wind 

 had a liouse and grounds, but, the communication 

 between it and Malacca being merely a narrow 

 footpath leading through a dense jungle. Rajah 

 Hadgi was convinced that regular troops would 

 never think of passing through so dangerous a 

 defile as long as there were more eligible points 

 of attack. He therefore left the stockade open 

 on this face,* thiowittg up a simple paggah^ or 

 stout bamboo fence, in lieu of it : as an addition- 

 al source of security he advanced a a. d. nw. Hc^. 

 party to Mr. D' Wind's house. 



Mean while, the Rajah of Salangore an inde- 

 pendeut state about forty miles to the westward 

 of Malacca, who had married a daughter of Rajah 

 Hadgi, sailed up the Linggy river, which diseni- 



• One tide or a i^tttoynn StocVarle in etwav« left oi>en fnr the con?e- 

 niencc* of Tetreat, as the liefand^ tx never wait for the bay<int!t. As this 

 rWc is eon^rnlly rcstio^ on thv i^njile, ami alt thi? paths, excepf thme 

 they 1 . art (Vliintcd u'iLb r<injLiWH, their Io8h b ^cnernlly [riilh^?» 



beiii: I K ilrelr imkH Irom the enemy's fire in the liriii'iiistanc*. 



and t .1-, , . i ursuii m the iectiutl. 



