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daybreak, and laid a plan for frightening the 

 king and his people, all the credit of which is 

 due to him both for its invention and success. 

 He had brought the rockets with him, and had 

 let off one at Yimmahah, and described the 

 terror and alarm of the inhabitants produced by 

 it as excessive. They looked on him as a deity, 

 and supplied him in consequence with provi- 

 sions and carriers to Fundah. He proposed to 

 try the effect of them here, letting off three or 

 four at a time, and burning blue lights after 

 them. 



The next morning we had a visit from the 

 king, who wished to see what Sarsfield had 

 brought. I gave him to understand that my 

 people would not send anything until I went 

 to them myself, and that in the evening I in- 

 tended to make a grand fetish to my god, to 

 know whether I should go, or stay at Fundah. 

 The king said that was good, and that he would 

 attend with all his priests and summon the inha- 

 bitants to witness it. The fetish was to be made 

 under a large tamarind-tree, at the upper end 

 of the street in which the court was wherein we 

 ^sided. We made as much of this affair as we 

 could, and pretended to go through sundry prepa- 



