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thechief and sepoys mto the works, theseoffit^crs 

 returned to Bufcit Seboosa, 



29th. Syed Sabban, accompanied by Dattoo 

 Malalu, and part of the family of ihe latter, came 

 to Bukit Sehoosa, The latter chief had contrived 

 to briug not only his family, but a jiajal, ^ix 

 mu^quets, and one bkmderbtis*, from Taboo tJie 

 preceding night. The iortuiles of the Pan^hooloo 

 were now at so low an ebb that he durst not de- 

 tain these, for fear of exciting a revolt an^ougst 

 tJiose* M'ho yet adhered to his desperate cause. 



This group presented an affecting spectacle- 

 women, and children of all ages, from the tender- 

 est years up^vard9, stood in various altitudes with 

 misery and pinching poverty depicted m their 

 countenances— their home had been the jungle— 

 their food, as precarious as their refuge. It wa^ 

 a sight that would have pleased a philanthropist, 

 could lie have witnessed the eager joy with which 

 the gift of a few bags of rice, and a handful or 

 two of salt fish, was received by these poor peo- 

 ple, who had been so many months destitute of 

 any approach to a subslaatial meal ; and a corres- 

 ponding efi ect was speedily derived from this 

 trifling act of huu.anity, inasmuch as it soon got 

 blazoned abroad, and the people began seriously 

 to consider whether they would not reap more 

 advantage fiom returning to allegiance, peace, 

 and plenty, thun they possibly could do by an 

 obstinate adherence to the cause of the Panghoo- 

 loo, who, reduced to the last extremity, redou- 

 bled his exactions on their property, and increas- 

 ed the weight of his coDscripiions. 



It is not to be supposed that the information 

 obtained by the force was ever exact in all its 



