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the impression it produced. In consequence of the absence 

 of the warriors^ Ave had not an opportunity of witnessing* 

 any of the great national dances in which the king- himself 

 acts a prominent part, but the effect of these public spec- 

 tacles may be estimated by what I have described. 



" Again tliey close, and once again disjoin ; 

 In troops to troops opposed, and line to line, 

 They meet — they wheel — they throw their darts afar, 

 "With harmless rage, and well dissembled war." 



