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the escort, with fifteen sepoys, embarked oa 

 board the H. Schooner Zephyr; the remaining' 

 33 sepoys who completed the e<cort were put 

 on board the Chinese Tope,* Pnkeen, on whose 

 deck 1 was permitted to step as a passenger, 



IVotice had been brought the preceding even- 

 ing that twelve pirate boats had put into the 

 Linggy river, and sorne native boats were order- 

 ctl to acconipany, so that, in the event of their 

 attempting to escape into shallow water, the 

 smalU r craft might pursue and capture thetn* 



Both vessels weighed at 11 a. it., but, the 

 wind subsequently faUing foul, lliey did not 

 make themouih of the Ling^y until sunset. The 

 left, or eastern, bank of this river, on which ia 

 placed the small British post, t irtnds to the 

 westward, running parallel with the serifhore 

 for a considerable distance, so that the entrance 

 is completely conceal^^d from seaward : a long 

 spit of sand jnts out from the point, in cousk- 

 quence of which vessels entering are obli^^ed to 

 go a long way to the westw ard in order to enter 

 it. At spring tides*, the lead gives three fathoms 

 throughout the whole length of the channel at 

 high, and a quarter less two at low, water. The 

 shores of the right, or western, bank are n.uch 

 more abrupt, bold, and picturesque than those 

 of the opposite aide, but both are clothed, I 

 have stated, with b^gow trees. Inside the mouth 

 were lying the native boat*4 of the detachment, 

 which had arrived before the larger vessels'^ but, 

 although the moon rose " full orbed" and a vigi-* 



• A amali t«a»ct, Iitteen rifg«d. 

 * TJiii Wis witbdniWA duiing the diitorbue^ 



