The Rajah's Fortress — page 140: what you’re looking at

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THE RAJAH’S FORTRESS. 131 began to explain eagerly, but his pigeon English became so unintelligible that Guy could make nothing out of it. He wasat his wits’ end to know what to do, when he suddenly recollected that Jung was a proficient in Burmese, and that Topee also was conversant with the language. That settled the trouble, and Jung started in at once on his duties as interpreter. The two held a long conversation, interspersed with many gestures on the part of the Chinaman, and finally Jung traced in the sand with the point of his long knife a rude sketch of mountains, which Topee approved with a nod of his head. “ Now, sahib,” said Jung, turning to Chutney, ‘ Topee has made it clear, and I can show by this sketch what it is that we must do, but it is a plan that has many perils.” “Go ahead,” said Guy briefly; and all listened intently as Jung began : ‘ The mountain, sahib, is distant from here about twenty miles, and the country that lies between is wild and desolate, with the exception of a rude path, used by the dacoits, near which we may on no account venture. Just opposite us the moun- tain makes a broad sweep inward toward the Sara- wong Creek, forming a perfect half moon, and then pursues its intricate course again to the northwest. In the natural hollow thus formed, on the western side of the mountain, lies the fortress of the terrible Pandy.” COLUM 1OOO SS co