I have consulted the warrant officers, and they have selected the most taciturn men in the ship.

There is to be no smoking; of course the men can chew as much as they like; but the smell of tobacco smoke would at once deter any native from entering a hut.

If a Malay should come in and try to escape, he must be fired on as he runs away; but the men are to aim at his legs." The instructions were carried out.

A small hole was bored in the back of each of the huts, so that a constant watch could be kept up unseen by the closest observer in the forest, a hundred yards behind.

The night passed off quietly, as did the next day.