they depend, ina great measure, on the pleasure 
of the prince, and on the urgency of those duries 
he chooses to impose upon them at the capital, 
The Tommong-gong had arrived about 8 days. 
before the feast celebrated on the lasc day ot the 
month of Ramadan. Having returned from onë 
of my excursions on the evening immediately- 
preceding that feast, | could not excuse mysel£ 
from being present at the entertainment, which 
Was, as cus omary, given after the more serious 
ceremonies of the festiv.] had been gone trough, 
The numerous relations of the native governor, 
who are mostly employed in the various offices 
of this province, tended to give a greater degree 
of vivacity to the celebration than might be 
the native Princes, on the good wil of these 
people, altho’ thisis obtained by the recommen- 
dation of the prime minister at the court, and 
the mode of travelling necessarily followed ina 
country where the oriental and feudal customs 
órevail in their full extent, affords many instan» — 
ces of the dependence on the character of the — 
