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a fire-place with stones, put four 
or five kinds of grain, and a little 
dried meat, into it. He then 
nearly filled it with water ; and, 
having kindled a fire, left it to 
boil, while he prepared the dishes : 
these were wooden platters, of the 
same kind as are used by the 
lowest orders. He put down 
three, and poured out the mess. 
Beggee Jan watched him; and 
the cook evidently understood, 
from his looks, when more or less 
was to be put intoa dish. After 
all was ready, he spread a dirty 
cloth, and laid.down a piece of 
stale barley bread, which Beggee 
Jan put into a cup of water to 
moisten. The first dish was given 
to the ruler of the Usbegs, the 
second was placed between Ishan 
Nukeeb and me, and the cook 
took the third for himself, sitting 
down to eat it opposite to his 
master. As I had dined, I merely 
tasted what was put before me. It 
was very nauseous, the meat in it 
being almost putrid: yet several 
nobles, who came in, eat the whole 
of our unfinished share, and with 
an apparent relish, that could 
only have been derived from 
the pleasure they had in partak- 
ing of the same fare with their 
holy leader. 
‘«« After dinner I obtained leave 
to depart. On my return to Chin- 
naran, Mameish Khan was pleas- 
ed with the result of my mission: 
but he afterwards informed me, 
that, notwithstanding the fair 
promises of Beggée Jan, eighty- 
two of his people were, during 
this season, carried away by the 
Usbegs.”’ 
ASS 
REGISTER, 
1815. 
ANECDOTES OF THE PRESENT 
KING OF SPAIN, 
Extracted from a Spanish Sermon 
deltwered at a Grand Function 
celebrated at Cadiz, by Don Blaz 
de Ostoloza, Chaplain Major 
and Confessor lo his Majesty. 
° 
The confessor begins by giving 
a picture of the life of the king at 
Valency : 
«The king,” says he, ‘* rose 
at eight o’clock, heard mass, 
breakfasted, made afterwards a 
party at billiards, entered his 
closet to read his letters or some 
portion of holy writ, embroidered 
at the tambour till two o'clock, at 
which time he took a short airing 
in a carriage—he dined on his re- 
turn—made a short prayer, re- 
ceived his brothers, or those who 
were admitted to pay their court 
to him, supped, and before going 
to bed recited with all his house- 
hold the Litanies, which he toned 
himself. 
«« An agent of Napoleon, whose 
impious presence he was forced 
to endure, employed all means of 
seduction to draw the Infant from 
his holy occupations. He brought 
a troop of female dancers from 
Paris, and even his own wife, to 
endeavour to charm the king; but 
I perceived by certain signs (adds 
the confessor, whose words we 
translateliterally, ) that the breasts 
of these women, indecently ex- 
posed, were beginning to have a 
dangerous effect on the prince, 
who was ready to fall into the 
seventh deadly sin. I admonished 
him in time, and, like the slave 
of Potiphar, Den Ferdinand es- 
caped these new sirens. ° 
