192 MESSENGERS FROM 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Messengers from the King of Fundah. — Embark in a Canoe 

 for that City. — Difficulties of the Passage. — Arrive at Po- 

 tingah, and pass on to Fundah. — Native Curiosity. — Visit 

 from the King. — The Visit returned. — Inconvenient Lodg- 

 ings. — The Court of Fundah and its Inmates. — Sarsjield 

 sent to Yimmahah. — The Barber Physician and his Wife. 

 — An Amateur Beau. 



On the 4th of April, to my great relief, the 

 messengers of the King of Fundah arrived. They 

 were eighteen in number, and came galloping into 

 the town on small high-spirited horses. Instead 

 of coming direct to me, they went to a house at 

 some distance, and sent a messenger to say that 

 they would wait on me. Shortly after, they made 

 their appearance, galloping up in rotation to 

 the doorway and there dismounting; they each 

 bent down and put my foot on their heads, and 

 threw dust over themselves. Having finished 

 this salute, they became seated, and their leader 

 opened the palaver by saying that the king his 



