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of natives being so great. We were preceded 

 by Sullikeen Mansony (King of the Messengers), 

 after whom followed a posse of constables armed 

 with crooks and staves. The appearance of the 

 crooks was strange enough; — indeed, they re- 

 minded me of the representations of shepherd's 

 crooks, and were, sans cerhnonie, hooked round 

 the neck of every intruder. Our conductors 

 were likewise furnished with whips made of the 

 skin of the hippopotamus ; and these they used 

 with very great severity on the backs of the na- 

 tives, to keep order. 



As we passed on, we found the streets narrow 

 and excessively filthy : dunghills were seen in 

 the most public thoroughfares. We passed 

 through the wood-market, and another in which 

 grass was sold ; also the shambles, the slave- 

 market, and the cloth-market, all distinct from 

 each other. To our left was the market for 

 bullocks, where about one hundred fine beasts 

 were exposed for sale. In various sheds were 

 saddles, beads, sandals, tobes ; and other articles 

 were offered to the view of purchasers. Indigo 

 was likewise exhibited for sale, and baskets of 

 senna. 



The king's houses are between thirty and forty 



