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ready hand upon their kristes, Bemg some- 

 what re assured, ihey entered the te*it. 



Amongst the party, who thus presented them- 

 gelves. was Inchi Katus, the Dattoo Moodah of 

 Linggen. Tliis Chief had come unuivited by 

 either party; he had. as previously stated, been 

 aciivelv engaged on the side of the Panghoo- 

 looofNaoning, and had supplied him hberally 

 with arm#, ammunition, provisions, and mfor- 

 mation, by means of the Linggy river. He had 

 long been tributary to Rumbow, and, as aucn, 

 paid LnnuaUy into the Treasury of that state a 

 portion of the profits of the tin nunes, Durmg 

 the late disturbances, he had shaken off this tax, 

 from the m4bility of Rujah Alii to enforce it; and 

 be naturally concluded that the coalition of Go* 

 vernraent and Rumbovv would be the signal of 

 its renewal. In addition to thi;?. the distraction 

 of the country had thrown the whole revenue of 

 exports and imports by the Linggy river into his 

 hands and, it was theretbre clearly his mterest 

 to maintain things in their exis>ting state. 



Obnoxious as he therefore was to both parlies, 

 he was desired to quit the presence into which 

 he had intruded, and he accordingly .nlunk away 

 to his boat. Being a man of considerable influ- 

 ence, he had well nigh succeeded in bis aim by 

 iti^piring the Kumbow Chiefs with suspicion as 

 to the ulterior object of the British, and the Pan- 

 ghooloo Rumbow, who evidently leaned to the 

 eame side, would do nothing, without previously 

 issuing out and consulting him. So strong was 

 this lipprehension, that the Chiefs unanimously 

 refused to enter into negociation* as long as the 



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