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assault, defeating the people and capturing many 
of their cattle, which was the great object they 
had in acceding to the enterprise ; but the next 
day their opponents rallied, attacked them in 
their turn, and gained a complete victory. All 
the cattle were recaptured, and the Matchappees 
were pursued with such celerity, that most oi 
them threw away their cloaks, that they might 
be able to fly with greater speed. After the pur- 
suit was abandoned, the fugitives nearly perished 
from the coldness of the weather, and the want 
of provisions. Eight of the chief captains and 
many young chiefs fell in the battle. Munameets 
himself killed two men with his own hand 
during the engagement. Mallayabang did not 
command the expedition, but committed it to 
Mateebe, his eldest son. 
Some time afterwards the Matchappees sent a 
party to purchase cat-skin carosses from the Kal- 
lyharrys, a nation living considerably to the N. W. 
of Lattakoo, where the wild cat is found in great 
numbers, and where the carosses, or cloaks, 
made from them, are to be had in the largest quan- 
tities, and on the cheapest terms. During three 
days' journey in the Great Desert they found 
no water. A short time before reaching it they 
were attacked by Makkraka, then King of the 
Tauwe, who succeeded in cutting off the whole 
party. The news of this unprovoked attack 
