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of his sovereign, by losing his slaves, goods, 

 and canoes, — a circumstance by no means of 

 rare occurrence. The king stated that his sub- 

 jects were at liberty to trade if they thought 

 proper. 



I was very much amused at the interest and 

 curiosity manifested by Attah and his principal 

 wife, as well as the natives, when the former 

 were presented with two wooden dolls, dressed 

 in imitation of the King and Queen of England, 

 and sent out by a lady in London. They were 

 habited in robes of crimson satin, trimmed with 

 white fur to represent ermine. Their sable 

 majesties were quite delighted with them, and 

 frequently worked the arms and legs about. 



The king then desired that we should bring 

 some of the same kind of satin, and some ermine, 

 for that he desired above all things to be dressed 

 in robes similar to those worn by the Sullikeen 

 Baturoe (King of the White Men). He also 

 requested that two silver ear-plates might be 

 sent to him. 



He ordered that we should be presented with 

 two horses, one of which, he said, was for his 

 brother the King of England. Expecting to 

 see a fine Arabian steed, we were no less sur- 



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