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THE PIl.ATAHS. 
were seen in the forenoon. At two, P.M., we were at 
a village on the right hank, called “ Kelebeh,” The 
huts were circular, built of mud, and many of them 
completely surrounded, and damaged by the river 
overflowing its banks. Here two natives, one called 
“ Ganna,” and the other “ Mamuda,” came on board, 
and offered to show us where firewood was to be got, 
and to pilot the vessel to the higher part of the 
Kakandah country. Ganna stated, that he was a 
native of Buddu, the chief Kakandah town. He 
informed us, that Filatah horsemen, to the number 
of nine hundred, about three months since, encamped 
five miles inland from “Kelebeh.” From their encamp- 
ment, the Filatahs were constantly making predatory 
excursions to the neighbouring villages, from which they 
generally returned with captives, whom they enslaved. 
Some time back, the Filatahs attacked “ Kelebeh” by 
night, burnt and destroyed many of the huts, and 
made numbers of the inhabitants prisoners. The inha- 
bitants of a village inland, near which some Filatahs 
are at present settled, had begged to be received into 
Kelebeh ; but the chief was obliged to refuse them pro- 
tection, for fear of giving offence to his terrible 
enemies. 
The chief of “ Muye,” another Kakandah town, has, 
of late, interceded for the poor people of the be- 
leaguered village, and has sent a headman to Kelebeh, 
to beg for their reception into that village, as a 
personal favour. 
