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c Ifmzuan. This man shall attend you ; and you 

 ' will soon be sensible of his worth.' 



Twmtn'i desired to carry my basket ; and we set out 

 with a prospect of fine weather, but some hours later 

 than I had intended. I walked, by the gardens of 

 the two princes, to the skirts of the town, and came 

 to a little village consisting of several very neat huts 

 made chiefly with the leaves of the cocoa-tree; but 

 the road a little farther was so stony, that I sat in the 

 palanquin, and was borne with perfect safety over some 

 rocks. I then desired my guide to assure the men 

 that I would pay them liberally ; but the poor pea- 

 sants, who had been brought from their farms on the 

 hills, were not perfectly acquainted with the use of 

 money, and treated my promise with indifference. 



About five miles from Matsamudo lies the town of 

 Waul, where Shaikh Abdullah, who has already been 

 mentioned, usually resides : I saw it at a distance, 

 and it seemed to be agreeably situated. When I had 

 passed the rocky part of the road, I came to a stony 

 beach where the sea appeared to have lost some 

 ground, since there was a fine sand to the left, and 

 beyond it a beautiful bay, which resembled that of 

 Weymouth, and seemed equally convenient for bath- 

 ing; but it did not appear to me that the stones over 

 which I was carried had been recently covered with 

 water. Here I saw the frigate, and, taking leave 

 of it for two days, turned from the coast into a fine 

 country very neatly cultivated, and consisting partly 

 of hillocks exquifitely green, partly of plains, which 

 were then in a gaudy dress of rich yellow blossoms. 

 My guide informed me they were plantations of a 

 kind of vetch, which was eaten by the natives. Cot- 

 tages and farms were interspersed ail over this. gay 

 champaign, and the whole scene was delightful ; but 

 it was soon changed for beauties of a different kind. 

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