The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-03

ing and knock the place about his
ears, but as to penetrating the jungle,
that would be vastly more difficult an
affair, if, as is probable, he succeeded
in inducing some of his neighbors to
! join him. They may already have
: sent strong contingents, and the for
est may be full of them. 1t would be
quite beyond our power to try and shut
them out, and 1 certainly should not
| be justified in attempting it. The
destruction of this town and the burn
| ing of his palace would be a serious
blow to him. but the destruction of
his piratical fleet would be very much
| heavier one. If We can achieve that
we shall have done good service.
"The first thing to do is to find out
whether there is a path either from
this river. or the other branch, with a
| pool. If so, at dark, after destroying
the town; we will recall all the men on
shore, buoy the anchor and drop it
noiselessly, and drift down the river
till we are far enough away to use the
engines, then steam down TO the juno
ton of the two streams, and up again
through the path; that is if we can
find one on that side. Then we will
at once land a very strong party, keep
ing only enough men on board to work
the guns, land two 24-pounders. and
drag them to the pool. We might hope
the Malays would no doubt be gath
cred at the edge of the forest near the
town to repel any attack we might
make from there, and before morning
we might have the guns in position.
should take a hundred empty sacks.
These you would fill with earth when
you get near the pool and form a bat
terry with them behind the screen of
bushes; then when you are ready you
will cut down the bushes and open
fire"
Il don't see why that should not sue
coed, sir. OF course the most difficult
part of the operation is dragging the
guns. These native parhus are only
narrow enough for men in single file"
Yes, that is the difficulty. We
could not employ axes to cut down the
trees, and TO saw them down would
be an interminable work. l think, Mr.
Ferguson, we should have to carry
them
Il doubt if we could carry a "a
FOUNDER, sir; but we might carry an
1S They have bambOOs of almost any
length here, and if we were to lash an
1S-pounder between two of them. |
should say that ten men each side
ought to be able to carry them, while
as many more might take the gun
carriage"
I'VE will get some bamboos today,
Mr.. FERGUSON, and try the experiment
of how many men will be required to.
carry, but, now l think of it, | fancy
that it will be still easier TO lay the
guns down on a sledge-shaped piece
of timber-these paths are smooth
enough where the natives tread, and
the men could haul them along with
ropes"
THAT would be better and easier,
sir. The difficulty with the carriages
will be greatest, but they might be-
taken to pieces as far as possible and
slung between bamboo
Il think that we shall be able to
all that" the captain said
cheerfully. 1.-The first thing is to find
the path. There is almost sure to be
one from the village the Malay spoke
of close to the mouth of the creek and
the pool. and if we sent the boats I'D
as soon as we arrive at the creek. to |
row with muffied oars, until they get |
near the pool, and then land and find !
the path, it would diminish very much |
the distance they would have to go, |
and the work to be done"
1T would be a great thing to find |