His horses went, with those of General Cotton and his staff, under charge of the syce and Meinik.
The one steamboat kept, at the start, in rear of the great flotilla of boats so that, in case of any of them striking on a sandbank, it could at once move to her assistance, and pull her off.

The scene was a very bright one as, in all, upwards of a hundred craft, of various sizes, proceeded together.

In front were half a dozen gunboats; next to these came the two sloops of war; followed by the rest of the boats, proceeding in irregular order.

There was very little stream, for the rivers were now quite low and, although the flat country was still little more than a swamp, the rains in the hills that supplied the main body of water to them had long since ceased.

The ships' boats were, of course, rowed by the blue-jackets.
The other craft were, for the most part, manned by natives; though the soldiers on board occasionally lent a hand.
Two days after starting, the boats destroyed three newly-erected stockades, that were found unoccupied; and on the 19th reached Pellang, where three very strong stockades had been erected.