The day following all the troops were landed, and operations commenced with the intention of punishing the natives who had committed the outrage. The Bangala crew of the steamer departed in a canoe on their own account, and returned the same evening with about forty other canoes, and a great deal of the cloth and tinned food which had been taken from the trading station. They also brought with them a few prisoners, and the heads of those they had killed. Later on, the regular troops returned, several of them being wounded, though they had seen very few natives. The Bangala proved splendid men for this sort of work.

They seemed to know by instinct where the natives hid their canoes in the swamps, and, when attacked, immediately opened out, each individual hunting an enemy through the bush until he either caught him, or,