CHAPTER IX. 
THE TURKS ATTACK KAYALA. 
Ok the 30th May, about an hour before daybreak, 
I was awoke by a rattle of musketry, which continued 
sometimes in irregular volleys, and subsided into a 
well-sustained and steady fire in single shots. On 
leaving my hut, I found the camp of Koorshid’s people 
almost empty, while my own men were climbing on 
the roofs of their huts to obtain a view towards the 
west. Nothing was in sight, although the firing still 
continued at a distance of about a mile, apparently 
on the other side of a belt of trees. I now heard that 
Koorshid’s people had started at between three and four 
o’clock that morning, by Commoro’s request, to attack a 
neighbouring town that had been somewhat rebellious. 
The firing continued for about two hours, when it sud¬ 
denly ceased, and I shortly saw with a telescope the 
Turks’ red ensign emerge from the forest, and we heard 
