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2 tlbee ditifh the vholi&'Ooloaw MMibisd-m 4niis» and marched on
3 the same night to an •^bankment ilrliMii turned part of the rivw of
4 Swaut into tbe liudfl of the BaubooB^cifk' They brdfie dowA tlia
5 bankment, and em^ed a redoubt to'pnra&t. its being rebuflt^
6 The Baubooqrea» who saw the water cut off (rom. their cultivation,
7 immediately assembled, aiid marched against the ledouftit. The
8 Nailqpeekhail were six thousand, and the BauboQgyes much more
9 niimerons. Both sides had some Iiorse. and some hundred Jailumees
10 (championa dirtangwiahed by a ianUetie dr«M» and bound to <oai|iiir
11 or die).
12 The rest were a mob, some in thick quilted jackets, some in plate
13 armour, some in coats of mail, and others m leathern cuirasnes ; all
14 armed either with bows or matchlocJu, and with swotdM, ahielda> ki9g
15 Af^haun knlven, and iron sjx ar s.
16 Whfii the aiiiiics came in sight, they at first fiveil on each other;
17 afterwards tlie Jailumees turned out, and engaged with liie sword;
18 at lajit the nmia bodies came into close combat. Tiie brave men on
19 each side w ere mixed together, and foiicjht hand to hand ; the
20 cowards, a\ lio were by much the greater number, hung back on both
21 sides, but joiiicd iii die general climiour; every man shouted and
22 reviled his adversaries with as loud a xoim as he could. Even lite
23 women of the Fakeers {far those of the Euso&yes could not appear
24 in public) stood behind, the line* beating drums, and distributing wa-
25 ter to veftedi tlie wovjr. At ]«t both lidai wtn edmiiled, and le-
26 tiied to tbcii liomei<
27 Niunbenonboihiite wareUUedaiidiraii^^ .it it^aa^ says my
28 injEbniiaiit, » ticniflndm
29 went to Pinbwrar to the King.
30 It leds however, to no importwit ieitdt« the ndoubt nanained* the
31 hnida ottfaa Biwbooi^M nnnod ftr imnt of witei tJbo war <
32 tiasodfbr tbzee jmok aun^ other OoIoohh j<uiMd
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