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A ROYAL RECEPTION. , 45 
the men kept at a distance, so the way to the palaver- 
house. was free. 
These men were all armed to the teeth and were 
ready for fight. They were continually in hot water with 
their neighbors, and never knew when they were to be 
attacked. ‘They are a quarrelsome people. 
The palaver-house was a large shed built in the mid- 
dle of the street, and there we seated ourselves. A few 
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APPEARANCE OF THE KING AND HIS OOURT, 
men braver than the rest came to look at what they 
thought the strange being, “the Spirit,” that had come 
among them. 
His Majesty headed the party, followed by his head- 
man. He wore an old red English coat and no other 
garments. He wasashort, thick-built negro, and wore an 
immense pair of iron ear-rings. He was followed by what 
I supposed to be the second head-man, or prime minister. 
