654 THE GEOKGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



seen, Daniel began to give them some first ideas about taxes and fines, wbicli tLey 

 had inquired about, and which they did not as yet know the meaning of. He ex- 

 plained also the game laws, and showed them that, in such a country as England, if 

 the Government did not protect the game and the fish in such a manner, there would 

 soon be none left, and, as it was preserved in such a way, the Government made those 

 who wished to hunt or to fish pay a sum of money to help meet the expenses of the Gov- 

 ernment, and he explained the many ways in which people pay taxes. "All of this," 

 said he, "goes to pay the expenses of the Government and to support the Queen and 

 royal family," 



GOVERNMENT EXPENSES. 



He read to them from a newspaper that the actual cost of supporting the royal 

 family and attendants was £891,000 sterling ($4,455,000) per annum ; that the Queen's 

 pin-money (private purse) is £60,000 ($300,000) ; the Queen's coachmen, postilions, 

 and footmen £12,550 ($62,750). 



He read from the same paper also that the expenses of the navy were £5,854,851 

 (being about $29,274,255) per annum, and that the expenses of the army were still 

 much greater, and that these all together form but a part of the enormous expenses of 

 the Government, which must all be raised by taxes in different ways, and that the people 

 must pay all these expenses at last, in paying for what they eat and drink and wear, 

 so much more than the articles are worth, that a little from all may go to the Govern- 

 ment to pay the Government's debts. He also stated that, notwithstanding so much 

 went to the Government, the nation was in debt at this time to the amount of 

 £764,000,000 ($3,820,000,000). This was beyond all their ideas of computation, and, 

 as it could not possibly be appreciated by them, Daniel and they had to drop it, as 

 most people do (and as the country probably loill before it is paid), as a mystery too 

 large for just comprehension. 



Jim wanted these estimates down in his book, however, thinking perhaps that he 

 might some time be wise enough to comprehend them or find some one that could do 

 it. And when Daniel had put them down, he also made another memorandum under- 

 neath them to this effect, and which astonished the Indians very much : " The plate 

 that ornamented the sideboard at the banquent at the Queen's nuptials was estimated 

 at £500,000 ($2,500,000)." 



FIKST NIGHTS AT DUBLIN. 



In a new country again, and before so full and fashionable an audience, I took un- 

 usual pains to explain the objects for which these people had come to this country, 

 their x^ersonal appearance, and the modes they were to illustrate. When I had got 

 through, and the Indians were sitting on the platform and smoking their pipes, a man 

 rose in the crowd and said, '* That's all gammon, sir! — these people are not Indians. 

 I have seen many Indians, sir, and you can't hoax me ! " Here the audience hissed, and 

 raised thecry of "put him out !' shame! " &c. I stepped forward, and with some 

 difficulty got them silent, and begged they would let the gentleman finish his remarks, 

 because, if they were fairly heard and understood, they might add much to the 

 amusements of the evening. So he proceeded : " I know this to be a very great im- 

 position, and I think it is a pity if it is allowed to go on. I have seen too many In- 

 dians to be deceived about them. I was at Bombay six years, and after that at Cal- 

 cutta long enough to know what an Indian is. I know that their hair is always long 

 and black, and not red; I know that these men are Irishmen, and painted up in this 

 manner to gull the public. There's one of those fellows I know very well ; I have 

 seen him these three years at work in M' Gill's carpenter's-shop, and saw him there 

 but a few days ago ; so I pronounce them but a raw set, as well as impostors ! " 



When he sat down I prevented the audience from making any further noise than 

 merely laughing, which was excessive all over the room. I said that "to contradict 

 this gentleman would only be to repeat what I had said, and I hoped at least he would 

 remain in the room a few minutes until they would execute one of their dances, that 



