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malady of the country, but which did not al all prevent 

 him, — any more than his wife, — finding the champagne 

 very much to his taste. Maunga was seated at dinner opposite 

 his wife, a good and simple person, with a very pleasing ex- 

 pression of face (not shown in the wood-cut), who was con- 



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stantly suckling her baby at table. These august guests, 

 as also the Missionary's children, greatly amused us by the 

 surprise they testified at the sight of a piece of ice ; a thing 

 utterly unknown in the country. An ice-cream was then 

 served, and poor Maunga at once sputtered out the first 



