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be killed,. I was ^\K:^q^ tQ the hcar^ at this, and quite, 

 {liocked at my king; though I well knew that in war-time 

 pity is here mjiiirely bi^ihcd : yet at other times I have fceu 

 him diipliiy jnitanpes of pity and companion. But I fooa 

 altered my opinioi\j fpr that very evening he iflued orders :^o 

 the army to <|uit the town the following morning; without, 

 however, fetting tire tp it, as w^s the ufual pradlice, or car- 

 rying away wi^h them ^(le derencelefs inhabitants, unlefs they 

 had been in arms, ,a^ priloners of war or Haves, but to leave 

 them untjiliurbed in their -huts. The town of Vangara is 

 upwards of '^ league in length, and nearly half as much in 

 breadth ; havjug (ix rows of houfes or huts, and three main 

 flreets, runi)ing in a line from north to fouth. The houfes 

 ^re built of rough ftones and mortar, but the huts of rufhes 

 and mortar. At the end of each flreet ftands a temple, and 

 the centre of the town is the market-place, where a crofs ftreet 

 runs through the other principal ftreets. ThC; palace is con- 

 ftrufted of ordinary i}ones and mortar, inclofcd by a wall fix 

 feet high, but in various places fallen to decay, altogether 

 having a .mean appearance. The town is furrounded by paU- 

 fadoes, which are in fome parts defeftive and in others rotten. 

 On the fouth fide of the town runs a ditch fix feet in depth, 

 where the cattle are watered, and from whence, in cafes of 

 neceffity, water is fetched for the people. 



*' At break of day we quitted the town, and retreated to 

 our former camp at the foot of the mountains on the fron- 

 tiers; the cavalry leading the van, and the infantry followinc:. 



^' On the 23d an officer from the enemy came to our camp 

 with propofals of peace; who was admitted by the king on 

 condition that the king of Vanfrara (bould come and treat 

 with him in perfon. This he accordingly did, and a firm 

 contrail of peace and friendfliip was concluded on the fol- 

 lowing teiTiis : I. The king of Vangara (hall fend to the king 

 of Haoufa every year twenty flaves. 2. The king of Vangara 

 fhall furnifli afliltance to the king of Haoufila whenever he is 

 attacked by other nations ; in return for which he fhall re- 

 ceive the fpoils taken by his people in thofe engagements. 

 3. The cattle which the fubje6ls of the king of Vangara have 

 farried off from the kingdom of liaoufla fliall be reftored. 



4. The 



