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hiiTiy and had brought for his acceptance a few 

 trifles from our country, which we thought would 

 prove agreeable. He smiled condescendingly, and 

 the Parsee immediately placed at his august feet 

 the duffel great coat which I have already des- 

 cribed, as being lined and trimmed with scarlet 

 shalloon ; a coil of brass wire weighing fifty pounds • 

 a mirror two feet square ; two pounds of Irish 

 blachgiiard srmff, and fifty pounds weight of blood- 

 red beads. Hitherto the king had considered it 

 beneath his dignity to evince the slightest symptom 

 of astonishment — his manner had been particularly 

 guarded and sedate, nor had it been possible to 

 read in his countenance aught that was passing in 

 his bosom — but the sight of so many fine things at 

 once threw his decorum off" the balance, and caused 

 him for the moment to forget what he owed to 

 himself in the presence of so large an assembly. 

 Putting his thumb between his teeth, and opening 

 his eyes to their utmost limits, he grinned like a 

 school-boy at the sight of gingerbread, patting his 

 breast, and exclaiming repeatedly, " Monanti, mo- 

 nanti, monanti; tanta, tcmta, tantaV* Having 

 particularly brought to his notice that the device of 

 an uplifted arm grasping a javelin, on the clasp of 

 the great coat, referred to his extensive conquests, 

 of which all the world had heard, we placed before 

 him a suit of tartan sent by Mrs. Moffat, with a 

 note which he requested me to read ; and hearing 

 his own name, coupled with that of Ma Mary, as 



♦ Good, good, good ; bravo, bravO; biavo ! 



