CHAP. XV.] 
CAPTURE OF KALLOE. 
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thought that Kalloe had raised the country against 
Kamrasi, as I observed many hundred men dressed 
for war, scouring the beautiful open park, like hounds 
upon a scent. The Turks beat their drum and called 
their men under arms beneath the ensign planted 
outside the village,—not knowing the intention of the 
unusual gathering. It shortly transpired that Kamrasi 
had heard of the escape of Kalloe, and enraged at the 
loss of his prey, he had immediately started off about 
a thousand men in pursuit. 
Id the evening I heard that be had been captured. 
I sent to Kamrasi directly, to beg him to postpone 
his execution, as I wished to speak with him on 
the following morning. 
At sunrise I started, and found the king sitting in 
his hut, while Kafioe was lying under a plantain tree 
perfectly resigned, with his leg in the Kamrasi shoe ; 
—a block of wood of about four feet long and ten 
inches thick (the rough trunk of a tree); his left foot 
had been thrust through a small hole in the log, while 
a peg driven through at right angles just above the 
instep effectually secured the prisoner. This was a 
favourite punishment of the king; the prisoner might 
thus languish until released by death;—it was im¬ 
possible to sit up, and difficult to lie down, the log 
having to be adjusted by an attendant according to 
the movement of the body. I told Kamrasi that as I 
had saved him from the attack of the Turks at Kisoona 
he must grant me a favour, and spare Kalloe’s life; 
—this request, to my astonishment he at once granted, * 
and added, that he should only keep him in the “shoe” 
for a few days until his people should bring him a 
hundred cows as a fine, in which case he should release 
him. I had no faith in his promise, as I had before 
heard that it was his practice to put the shoe upon any 
rich man in order to extract a fine, upon the payment 
of which the unfortunate prisoner was on some occasions 
* A few days afterwards he shot Kalloe with his own hands. 
