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U|inii them. The fopt was built of stone, ele- 

 vated aljout sixteen or eio'liteen feet from the 

 ground, covered over with a thiitcli of pahii 

 leaves, and having a look-out house upon the 

 sttmiiiH:. Thete wc^re lampi), wMcIi are li^tcsd 

 after (lai'k, and remain <o dtirin*^' the ui^t, a 

 sentinel hein<>' alsu statione<l llier(\ From some 

 Iar«v(; rents in the Avails of the fort, it was evi- 

 dent that the concussion of the guns, if tired oii*, 

 (which they had not yet beea») -wmld hnng iihe 

 whole Mtio 4mm ^hovi their em& : the minister 

 and "authorities" thou^'ht the 8ame, and said 

 a stronf^er fort was to he Imilt, wlien a sufhcient 

 number of stones calculated for the purpose 



could W ^Liik^h ithviMms^ <4 



nothing was offered us to eat ; by wdiieli ! shnuld 

 infer, tliey conetM'viMl white people lived, like 

 humming hirds, upon suction. 



Oft leaving the rajah's place, ray guides took 

 m6 a^ln to th& h&mat^ ^here it appears to be 



a custom to take straiiLi'ers : tliis I attrilmte to 

 their Mahometan preimiiees. of not beini>: de- 

 sirous of reeei\ ing ehri.-ri;ms under their ruut's. 

 Here mats wcw placed , so that 1 might he 



♦ The (on is ulso parlly sunoiuuled a puUsatle of ban»- 

 htm, and & moat extcrloi^ to % aboiuiding m its bat^' wli^li 

 a dense vi^ctatiotb 



