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troops stdod to their arms. The arms were there- 

 fore pilerl," but the men posiiivelv rorbidden 

 to .^tray tVfim them, as it was suspected on the 

 other side that a rush mr^srht be made to obtjiin 

 possession of them. So often did the r^anghooloo 

 Riimbow sally forth in order to crmcert wirb In- 

 chi Katus. that Afr. Westerhnot was finally 

 obhsjed to go to the bont ofthe latter and e^pos- 

 tulate with the Panghoofoo 



1 he riegociations at length commenced, and 

 proceeded tediomly enough, Hajah AIlPs mother, 

 a ahrewd old lady, being the principal debau^r on 

 the pat t of Uumbow. The Panghooloo KumboW 

 did all in liis power to obj*truc?t ' the negocititionF, 

 but at lensrth Treaty was agreed to, and the 

 different Chiefa had only now to affix ihetr ej^oa- 

 turefi and tkmp.^. Out of the whole party it 

 was discovered that the only one Who €ouid write 

 his own tmine was Syed 8abban, an advantage 

 probably owing to his Arab descent, whiht the 

 t)iher« hardly appeared to kmw their respective 

 names and title,? trnii! they were enumerated 

 with c volubility by the chatty dame. 



TheduL ufp- now toak placn. To 



Rajah Alii was dt , , . a valuabie- donble bar- 

 relW Joe Manton ; whilst Syed Sabban, after 

 a loi>s: eulogy for the talent md courage he had 

 di^:playcd against the Bntish in the la&t war, was 

 invented With a drers of honor and the title of 

 Pml^^limah Bej^ar, or the Great Warrior: this ap- 

 pellation was an additional source of inquietude 

 to !nchi Katus, A royal s=alute was then fired by 

 the Zephyr, and the parties separated about aun- 



