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tioD, were too ragtie to aiFord any basia for a de- 

 termined plan of attackr 



30th. Ceptain Wallace, and Lieutenant Min- 

 to with a parly of infantry, and Lieutenant Beg- 

 bie with 5| inch mortar, started for Bukit Pur* 

 Ling-, in order to hoist tlie British Colors on ite 

 summit, whilst the fsppers were employed in 

 stripping one of tlie laHest trees of its branches 

 in order to convert it into a flag staff. The party 

 moved down the hill, passed Tanjon^ Pur*Ling, 

 and proceeded about a quarter oi if^ mile, until it 

 arrived at the verge of another paddy field, the 

 banks of which were sprinkled with houses. 

 The country on the Taboo side of Bukit Pur- 

 Ling bore a marked contrast to that afibrded by 

 the route of the troops up to that point — the sa- 

 * vage grandeur of the primeval forestB, and the 

 lurking and dangerous ambushes yielded by the 

 brushwood, here gave place to extensive paddy 

 field!*, and clumps oi fruit trees here and there 

 dispersed over a light and sandy soil. 



When the sound of the British grenadiers*' 

 Etruck up by the drums at Bukit Pur-Ling, came 

 swelling on the breeze announcing that the Bag 

 was hoisted, a few shells were thrown in the di- 

 rection, of Taboo, but, being unanswered the de- 

 tachment returned to camp. A feeling of security 

 and prolection began now to be evinced by the in- 

 habitants ofMullikei. who all returned, and re-es- 

 tablished themselves in their respective villages. 



3Ut May, This morning, Endika, whom Dattoa 

 Malatu had stated to have deserted Dool Syed on 

 the 25th of May, sent in a message to say — that 

 he wished to with-draw from that chieftain, but 

 was so narrowly watched that he had not as yet 



