1335.] 



Ills lory of the RamoGSsles. 



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to remain in Soorapoore till tlie}^ ftlie Naiks) had settled 

 their affairs at Pooriindur. 



Of a detachment of three hundred men of the Grena- 

 dier Ivegiment, ordered from Satara to co-operate against 

 the Ramoossy Bund, unfortunately two hundred men only 

 could be spared till the Rajah had returned to his capital. 

 On the 14th January, a letter of instructions was address- 

 ed to the officer commanding the Satara detachment, who 

 had perviously been directed to march on Salpie. The 

 detachments were posted in particular positions, near hills, 

 ravines, and jungles, selected as being well known and 

 much frequented by the Ramoossies. These detachments 

 were to consist of forty men each, either under an Euro- 

 pean or Native officer ; and such suggestions as were con- 

 sidered necessary, were communicated to each party, par- 

 ticularly respecting the grounds they were to occupy, the 

 necessity of great and constant vigilance on their part at 

 all times, but especially during dark nights, to guard against 

 being surprised. They were directed to search constant- 

 ly the hills, ravines, and jungles within a certain distance 

 of their positions. They were instructed to communicate 

 frequently with each other, and how to act should the gang 

 pass them ; to conciliate the inhabitants ; to trust to each 

 other only, and to place no confidence in the village watch- 

 men. Captain Boyd, the officer commanding the detach- 

 ment, was requested to take up his position near Bhore, 

 as it was conjectured that Oomiah would, on quitting the 

 Poorundur hills, move in that direction. Under the ex- 

 pectation that the cliiFerent detachments above alluded to 

 w^ould reach the various positions allotted to them by the 

 1 7th and 18th, Captain Luyken with a detachment of 

 eighty men marched on the 16th to Jejoory, and another 

 detachment of forty men to Keekvy ; and the following 

 morning Lieutenant Knipe, 17th Regiment, proceeded to 

 Pureenchy with forty men, and Lieutenant Macan, 17th 

 Regiment, to Sevvry with a detachment of the same 

 strength. 



When the gang proceeded from the Sakoordy hill to the 

 Khurry Puthar, where there is a temple sacred to Khon- 

 dobah, Oomiah showed himself to all his followers, and 



