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tlieti returned to Bukit Seboosa, which he reach- 

 ed at 4 p. M. and proceeded to Bell'.s etockade. 

 At half past 9 p. m. the reply was received, 

 which was sealed with the Company's chaup, thus 

 reserved, it would appear, fur aitea^oii of distress. 

 Id this ielter, Ooul Syed briefly staged ihdt his 

 anxiety for the meeting was tenfold more intense 

 than that of his tViend. and appointed the confer- 

 ence to take place at 10 a. m. of the following 

 day. Mr, VVesiterhout's mesj^enger crossed oa 

 the road a man from Dool Syed, bearing a letter 

 for the Deputy Resident, Mr. Garling, and ano- 

 ther for Colonel Herbert. 



Oathe4ib Mr. Westerhout came up to Bukit 

 Seboosa and proceeded to Tanjong Pur-Ling 

 accQiiipanied by a few armed Malays. The 

 Paiigh»'oloo made his appearance oa the other 

 ffide of the paddy field with his adherents, and 

 boih the principals advanced unaccompanied to- 

 wards, a Iftrge tree in the centre of the field. Up- 

 on meetiijg. the Malay Chiefiain fell at the feet 

 of Mr. VVesterhout. and burst into tears, and two 

 or three miuutes elapsed before be could recover 

 from his agitation. 



An exchange of tipper garments between the 

 two had previou^tly taken place, as a mutual as- 

 surance that no treachery was meditated, and 

 the metamorphosis of either party must have 

 been sufficiently grotesique; on the one side 

 stood the athletic and portly Dutchman with his 

 body confined in the linen badjoo of the Malay— 

 on the other, was the starved and miserable Pan- 

 ghooloo sinking under tlie weight of the huge 

 coat, which well-nigh concealed him altogether 

 from view, 



