ANOTHER CAUSE OF ALARM. 
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to insure good sport, as the ducks continually arrived 
at the pool. 
I was just entering into the sport with all my heart, 
when I heard a shot fired in the Turks’ camp, followed 
by loud yells, and I observed a crowd of Latookas 
rushing from the camp towards their town. In a few 
moments later, I heard the Turks’ drum, and I saw 
people running to and fro, and the Latookas assembling 
from the neighbourhood with lances and shields, as 
though preparing for a fray. I had only two men 
with me, and being nearly half a mile from camp, I 
thought it advisable to hasten towards the spot, lest 
some contretemps should take place before my arrival. 
Accordingly I hurried over the open plain, and shortly 
reached my camp. I found my wife arranging the 
men at their posts, fearing a disturbance. They had 
seen me hastening towards them, and I now went to 
the Turks’ camp, that was close by, and inquired the 
cause of alarm. 
Never was I more disgusted. Already the vultures 
were swooping in circles above some object outside the 
camp. It appeared that a native of Kayala (the town 
lately attacked by the Turks) had visited Tarrangolle 
to inquire after a missing cow. The chiefs, Moy and 
Commoro, brought him to the Turks’ camp, merely to 
prove that he had no evil intention. No sooner was it 
