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cannot fay. The few remaining natives however 

 fliewed him much refped., and fupplied him 

 with all necefTaries; and Admiral Mackenzie 

 gave ftrid orders that he fhould nop be mo- 

 lef^ed. 



While I was at Adiare, Mackenzie and my- 

 felf received the compliments offome of the 

 Tartar Chiefs of that country, together with 

 a prefent of each a horfe. Mine wa» very richly 

 caparifoned indeed, but his was almoft covered 

 with filver. The faddle was of purple clothj, 

 all iliidded over with filvcf nails, and from 

 each fide depended a huge ftirrup of the fame 

 metal, made, as is the fafliion of the country, 

 the fize and fhape of the fole of the foot ; nor 

 were the crupper and bridle left without their 

 due fhare of ornaments, which at every flep 

 made almoft as much noife as the fore-horfe 

 of an Engliih waggoner's team. Mackenzie 

 eyed the gavvdy beafb with much pleafure, and 

 in the prefence of the whole company jogged 

 my elbow, and, polling a ftirrup in his hand, 

 fiid, *• Take you the horfe, 1 will have the 

 " ftirrups, by G — d ; each of them will make 

 " a pair of candlefticks:" had he faid two pair, 

 I do not think his calculation would ha.ve been 

 extravagant. 



I had been taken ill at A(5liare with a fort 

 of ague, which prevailed in the army, and on 



my 



