Two days later a prisoner was captured, when endeavouring to crawl up the pagoda hill--having slipped past the outposts--and was sent into headquarters.

Stanley questioned him closely; but could obtain no information, whatever, from him.

Telling him to sit down by the house, he placed a British sentry over him.
"Keep your eye," he said, "on the door of the next house.

You will see a Burman come out.

You are to let him talk with the prisoner, but let no one else speak to him.