could not with- stand the steady discipline and superior arms of the Sepoys and fled with the loss of several killed, wounded and prisoners ; forty cannon mounted on the hill were taken. Krishna Narayan ralli- ed his men and commenced ravaging the tract east of the Bar Nadi (now the Mangaldai Sub-division). Lieutenant Williams was sent; he engaged 500 ‘Barkandazes’ at Khatikuchi and worsted them ; a hundred were killed or wounded and the rest fled across the Bhutan frontier, which at this time extended into the plains as far as the Gosain Kamala Ali. Gaurinath did not conciliate his enemies by acts of clemency because of his vindictive nature and also of the evil advice ten- dered by the Bar Barua and other ministers. Since his return to Gauhati 113 persons were murdered including 24 for whose good treatment Welsh himself had given orders. Seventy were in prison dying of starvation. Strong measures were taken by Welsh to stop these atrocities, the Bar Barua and Soladhara Phukan were arrested, the Bar Phukan’s dismissal was demanded, the king was rebuked. The king was not repentant, he accepted responsibility for the brutalities and declared that he would rather abdicate than forgot the power of killing and mutilating his subjects at will. A new BarPhukan was appointed. Two manifestoes were issued, one promising righteous administration of justice and redress of grievances after hearing of complaints on appointed days and the other inviting the Chiefs and nobles to come to Gauhati for consultations and for concerting measures for ameliorating the condition of the country. Gsaurinath signed an agreement consenting to the dismissal of the Bar Barua and other officers proved guilty of treachery and oppression, the pro- clamation of a general amnesty, the abolition of all punishments extending to death or mutilation excent after a regular trial and convocation of all the Chiefs and nobles at Gauhati for framing measures for re-establishing king’s authority and good government of the country. The Bengal mercenaries in Gaurinath’s employ were found oppressing the people and carrying information of Welsh’s movements to the Darrang Raja’s camp and were deported to Rangpur. Krishna Narayan was induced to march into Gauhati with his remaining 400 mercenaries, who were sent off to Rangpur under escort on payment of arrears of pay amounting to six thousand rupees. Krishna Narayan took customary oath of allegiance and was installed as Raja of