A  few  nights  after,  in  a  small  chamber  in  the  house  of  Kum-
moo's  mother,  adjoining  the  one  which  we  have  before  mentioned,
sat  Kummoo  and  the  wretched  old  woman  her  accomplice ;  they
spoke  in  low  tones  and  whispers,  and  in  dread,  for  the  cannon  of
the  English  roared  without,  and  was  answered  in  loud  peals  from
the  walls  of  the  Fort.  The  siege  had  begun  now  two  days ;  the
issue  of  the  night-attack  of  the  6th  of  February,  and  its  effect
upon  the  Sultaun's  army,  causing  nearly  one-half  of  its  number  to
desert  and  fly  from  a  service  they  had  long  detested,  is  well  known.
