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I landed with the missionaries, several of my officers, and some marines to act as an escort, and paid an official visit to this gentleman, who was called the caimakam, or chief magistrate. This great man told us that we should certainly with his assistance find the people we were after.
This business being satisfactorily concluded, I asked my friend the caimakam if there was any big game to be had. His answer was, 'Chok au Va, which meant there was plenty: and he undertook to beat the neighbouring woods that very day with his men. We were stationed on the outskirts of a splendid oak wood that looked like holding any mortal thing in the way of game.
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