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Supercargo promised should be faithfully paid on 

 Ihij morrow— with ihis tl>e Chief being satisfied, 

 the brig weighed during the clarkiieijs of the nij*ht, 

 and, when the morning dawned, was do longer 

 to be seen at Linggy. 



As i\m deception wa*i practiced under British 

 colors, and tlie Catharine belonged to the port 

 of Malacca, the exasperated Syed Sabban ap- 

 pealed to anihoriiics of that Settfement, but, as 

 Government nas resolved to observe a strict 

 neutrality iu the pending differences between 

 Rumbow and Linggy. the Chief received as litt le 

 RUj/port as the merchants had before him— He 

 tliereforc resolved to enfurce, if poshible, the 

 payment of the impost, by a recoavse to war, 

 in wbich he was assisted by a few individuals 

 interested io his success, whilst Inelii Katia>t was 

 aided in arnu^, am muni lion, and money, by those 

 Uierch^nla whose property was at *ftake. 



A series of petty actions ensued between the 

 two parties, and early iu the struggle, Sall-ud- 

 din, Uie brother in4iiw of the Da t too Muodah, 

 w^us mortally wounded, beiucj shot through the 

 body, whilst defending a stockade at Montmg, 

 two or three others of inferior note being killed 

 at the same time. At a subsequent period, 

 Panglimah Prang Balla Che Low, the Lieuten- 

 ant of Syed Sabban during the Nanning war^ 

 and considered invulnerable, bad a linib broken 

 by a shot, and died of the mpriification which 

 eruiued. 



Since ibe death of this warrior the struggle 

 hais continued with various success, but Inchi 

 Kattas has gained ground, and has every prospect 



