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noe appear to ha.vB ever put the threat In execati- 

 on, they .stockaded themi?elves at these plac^^ 

 and much oppressed the inhabitaats* 



On the 2l8t the Rifle Company under Captain 

 Win bolt with Ensign Wright joined the advance. 



It niay be neces.sary here to premi^^e that the 

 whole of the second expedition was cairied on 

 by detachnients ; that is to say, that parties of 

 various strength varying from one to two compa- 

 nies, went out daily in the nature of covering par- 

 ties to the Sappers and Miners, and consequently 

 the operations of the day were carried on by the 

 senior Officer present with such covering party* 

 The crtmmand was thfTefare e:cercised indiJ^cri- 

 minat^iy by Captain*, Lieutenanis, and Enagns. 

 On the 22d Capiain Poulton, having received 

 orders to fuake a reconnoissauce in the direction 

 ofSoongei Fattye, proceeded with a part of his 

 detachment, and Lieutenant Beil, beyond the 

 Roombiyah forest- He saw no One except a few 

 Malays running away, md an old man wiih a 

 child, who, unexpectedly falling in with the 

 Uoopp, was dreadfully alarmed. Afier being re- 

 asi^ured, he was permitted to depart. On the 

 return of tiiis party, they fired nine stockades, 

 which subsequently proved to be those that had 

 been erected in the jungle on either side of the 

 road, during the former expedition. 



It should have been staled that, previous to the 

 march oi tbe troops, a second and stronger Pro* 

 clamation had been issued to the inhabitants 

 of tlie disturbed district. This Proclamation 

 contained a reward of 1,000 dollars for the 

 apprehension of pool Syed, dead, or alive, and 



