26 KINDNESS OF THE WALLASMAH. 



his appearance before we left the Wallasmah, we 

 asked where he was, and were surprised to hear that 

 he had left Farree for Angolahlah without seeing 

 us, but which we supposed he had been obliged to 

 do, so that there should be no chance of our slip- 

 ping a note into his hands for our friends in that 

 town. 



We returned to our house, and for the rest of 

 the day amused ourselves with hearing and telling 

 whatever most interested us, whether of home or 

 foreign news. I must observe that a present of 

 three pieces of calico and a pound of gunpowder 

 was made to the Wallasmah, who sent us back his 

 compliments, and that he was highly delighted with 

 the present, but would be obliged for a little more 

 gunpowder. 



Mr. Scott and I were entertained and taken care 

 of for four days in Farree, much to our discomfort 

 and vexation. Fortunately this gentleman had 

 brought with him two native servants, who made 

 themselves useful by marketing and cooking 

 during the term of our confinement, so we suffered 

 nothing from want of food. We could also walk 

 about the straggling town on pledging our word 

 that we would not attempt to escape, although our 

 parole was not deemed sufficient, for, like Buona- 

 parte at St. Helena, two sentinels, on such excur- 

 sions, always followed at a certain distance in our 

 rear. 



Many of the houses in Farree, instead of being 



