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fmall cabinet, which I painted red and yellow. Both 

 pieces met with his entire approbation, looking at them very 

 often, moving them firil to one place, then to another; now 

 putting one thing in them, and then fomething elfe. I then 

 made him three pair of knife- handles, and ,as many for 

 forks, of goat-bones, adding to them filver rings, on which I 

 carved feveralletters of his name, vi-z. M.H.Y. polifliing 

 them all as finely as I pollibly could. At this he teftified 

 a hearty fatisfLiction, and promifed to reward me as he fliould 

 fee occafion. One holiday I took the opportunity of afking 

 leave to go out of town to look about me. He did not refufe 

 my rcqueil, but gave me a paffport, which was a piece of 

 wood, whereon was carved the royal arms, namely, a half 

 tiger; telling me that I might be abfent till fun-fct, but that 

 then I muft attend him to the temple. Accordingly I paflTed out 

 tthrough the north gate to the village Vahafua, fituated at about 

 an hour's walk from the town. On my approach to it, three 

 men came out of it, riding dire£lly up to me. Taking me 

 for a deferter, they told me, tliat if I did not go back inmie- 

 diately to town, they would carry nie thither bound. Per- 

 ceiving me make fome hefitation, they leaped from their 

 horfes, and ftruck me with their fabrcs. On this I produced 

 jny pafs ; but they fnatched it from me, tied my hands toge- 

 ther, and, hanging me between two horfcs, hurried me into 

 the town to the king. The king exprefled his furprife at this 

 proceeding, as he had given me a pafs; and inquired what 

 was become of it. On prefenting it to him, they faid, that 

 they had taken it from me to prevent me from executing 

 my defigns. At the fame time one of the men made up a 

 llory of untruths, pretending that I was going to attack 

 them, &:c. During all this, I (poke not a word, liftening 

 only to what the man faid : this attracted the king's notice, 

 and, turning to me, he afkcd, whether the accufer fpoke 

 truth. I jaftified myfelf by appealing to the licence granted 

 nie by his pafs; reprefenting to him, that, as I was not tho- 

 roughly vcrfed in the language of the country, thefe people 

 might have mifunderftood me, and erroneoufly thought that 

 } abufed them. The king was very patient and gentle during 

 t)i^ wbgle'converfatioH; which I interpreted as proriiiiing me 



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