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He had a fliield of a fingle hide, warped by the heat in feve- 

 ral directions, and much in the fliape of a high-crowned, 

 large, flraw-hat, with which the fafliionable women in our 

 own country fometimes difguife themfelves. He carried a 

 fhort lance in his right hand, with an ill-made iron head, 

 and a lliaft that feemed to be of thorn-tree, but altogether 

 without ornament, which is feldom the cafe with the arms 

 of barbarians. Whether it was neceflary for the poizing 

 himfelf upon the fliarp ridge of the beafl's back, or whether 

 it was meant as graceful riding, I do not know, being quite 

 unflcillsd in cowmanfhip ; but he leaned exceedingly back-- 

 wards, pulliing his belly forwards, and holding his left arm 

 and fhield ftretched out on one fide of him, and his right, 

 arm and lance in the fame way on the other, like wings. 



The king was feated on his ivory chair, to receive him, 

 almoft in the middle of his tent ; the day was very hot, and 

 an infufferable flench of carrion foon made every one in 

 the tent fenfible of the approach of this nafty fovereign, even 

 before they faw him. The king, when he perceived him 

 coming, was fo ftruck with the whok figure and appear- 

 ance, that he could not contain himfelf from an immoder- 

 ate fit of laughter, which finding it impoffible to ftifle, he 

 rofe from his chair, and ran as hard as he could into ano- 

 ther apartment behind the throne. 



The favage got off from his cow at the door of the tent 

 with all his tripes about him ; and, whik we were ad- 

 miring him as a moniler, feeing the king's feat empty, he 

 took it for his own, and down he iat upon the crimlbn filk 

 Gufliion, with the butter running from every part of 

 him. A general cry of allonifhment was made by every peiJ- 



