260 LOMBOCE. [chap. xi. 



At length, about four o'clock, the Pumbuckle made his 

 appearance, and we informed him of our desire to stay 

 with him a few days, to shoot birds and see the country. 

 At this he seemed somewhat disturbed, and asked if we 

 had brought a letter from the Anak Agong (Son of Heaven)> 

 which is the title of the Eajah of Lombock. This we had 

 not done, thinking it quite unnecessary; and he then 

 abruptly told us that he must go and speak to his Eajah, 

 to see if we could stay. Hours passed away, night came, 

 and he did not return. I began to think we were suspected 

 of some evil designs, for the Pumbuckle was evidently 

 afraid of getting himself into trouble. He is a Sassak 

 prince, and, though a supporter of the present Eajah, is 

 related to some of the heads of a conspiracy which was 

 quelled a few years since. 



About five o'clock a pack-horse bearing my guns and 

 clothes arrived, with my men Ali and Manuel, who had 

 come on foot. The sun set, and it soon became dark, and 

 we got rather hungry as we sat wearily under the shed 

 and no one came. Still hour after hour we waited, till 

 about nine o'clock, the Pumbuckle, the Eajah, some priests, 

 and a number of their followers arrived and took their 

 seats around us. We shook hands, and for some minutes 

 there was a dead silence. Then the Eajah asked what we 

 wanted; to which Mr. Eoss replied by endeavouring to 

 make them understand who we were, and why we had 



