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thrown diagonally across it. This barrier, with 

 all its addenda ot* limbs and branches, was found 

 impabisable, Asmaoy men, as could ^et under 

 the platform endeavored to lift the gun over, but, 

 with all their efforts, were tifiable to raij^e it 

 sufficiently high to place it un the top of the trees ; 

 whilst, underneath and around, the passage was 

 equally obstructed* The want of drag-ropei^, 

 and tools, was here fatally felt, and, aft.*r perse- 

 vering in his efforts for a quarter of an hour, the 

 Artillery officer spiked the guns, and proceeded 

 to the front to communicate the circiimj^tance to 

 the Commanding officer. Fiesh and equally un- 

 availing eftorts vvere made ; and, taking into con* 

 ^ideration the number of wounded, who W;?re 

 exposed to all the inclemencies of the weal her, 

 and that the ammunition, which was rapidly de- 

 creasing, would not hold out until assistance could 

 be obtained from iMalacca, the guns were finally 

 and sorrowfully abandoned. 



The troops, although unincumbered with the 

 guns, were yet so harassed 1by all the fatigues 

 which they had endured, that it was not until 4 

 A, M. that they arrived at Malim, thu?t having 

 marched B miles in 2ls many hours. After hiUting 

 half an hour, they again pursued their route, and 

 reached Malacca at 6 a, u. 



Of all descriptions of warfiire, there is none that 

 Ko much tries the courage and discipline of the 

 soldier as that of jungle ngbting, and there is none 

 in which so little honor and renown is obtained* 

 The reason is obvious ; when men see tlieir com- 

 paoions dropping around ibem by shots from an 

 invisible foe— when they see comrade after com- 

 lade picked off much in the same manner as deer 



