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A tremendous uproar rent the sky with shouts of " Han, Han." Echoes were heard from distant hills. " We'll kill them even now, show us where they are." " Kill, kill, kill the enemy/ 1 went the cry. Satyananda then said : " But we have to possess our souls in patience for the purpose. The enemy has got cannon, and without cannons we can never hope to fight with them. Besides they are a heroic race. Seventeen guns will reach us today from the Fort of Padachinha ; when they come we shall march to fight. Look, the day is dawning, when it is four dandas we shall — What's that ? " ,f Boom-oom-om " suddenly roared the guns on all sides of the vast wood. It was the artillery of Captain Thomas. He had arranged to surround the army of Children in this mango grove and kill them like fishes in a net.