386 THE BAZAAR. 



hairs, had their hides covered with a thick coat- 

 ing of blue mud, which preserved them from 

 the attacks of insects. Those on the banks, both 

 old and young, stood, with their ludicrous phy- 

 siognomies, staring at us as we passed them. 

 A number of the small humpbacked Bengal 

 breed of cattle were also observed feeding about 

 the plain. 



On leaving the ship, arms had been placed in 

 the boat as a precautionary measure on this coast, 

 where the natives are reported to be oftentimes 

 unable to distinguish between meum and tuum ; 

 but on landing they were left in the boat, and 

 our Jacks, not having the fear of the natives, or 

 of a reprimand from their commander, before 

 their eyes, took a morning's walk about the vil- 

 lage, leaving the boat, together with our weapons, 

 under charge of a boy, which proved the precau- 

 tion was needless, as the arms, reposing at the 

 bottom of the boat, were in this instance equally 

 as effective as if they had been in the hands of 

 the men. 



After landing, we were conducted through an 

 extensive bazaar, planted with several shady 

 trees, called Ba, assan, by the natives ; the close- 

 ness of their foliage and extending branches 

 affording an agreeable shelter from the fervour 

 of the sun's rays : the market seemed well sup- 

 plied. 



