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cannot fay. The few remaining natives however 

 file wed him much refped, and fupplied him 

 with all necelTaries; and Admiral Mackenzie 

 gave ftriit orders that he Ihould not be mo- 

 lelied. 



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 

 v/ith filver. The faddle was of purple cloth, 

 all nodded over with filver nails, and from 

 each fide depended a huge ftirrup of the fame 

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

 the fize and Ihape ofthefole of the foot; nor 

 were the crupper and bridle left without their 

 due fhare of ornaments, which at every fi:ep 

 made almoft as much noife as the fore-horfe 

 cf an Englifh waggoner's team. Mackenzie 

 eyed the gavvdy beaft with much pleafure, and 

 in the prefence of the whole company jogged 

 my elbow, and, poifing a flirrup in his hand, 

 faid, " Take you the horfe, I will have the 

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

 *' a pair of candleflicks:" had he faid two pair, 

 I do not think his calculation would have been 

 extravagant. 



I had been taken ill at Acliare with a fort 

 of ague, which prevailed in the army, and on 



my 



