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various movements, with their bodies, heads, arms, and feet, keeping 
time to a song in a high monotonous key, in which the whole joined, 
the ranks occasionally changing places, those in the rear occupying 
the front, and the others retiring behind. 
The inferior chiefs were provided with a sail under the half-deck ; 
the king, queen, and their little daughter, were accommodated by 
Captain Hudson in his cabin. The king having expressed a desire 
to have his evening draught of ava, some of the piper mythisticum, 
from which it is made, was fortunately found among the botanical 
specimens which had been collected, and a large and well-polished 
dish-cover was converted into an ava-bowl. The ava was accordingly 
brewed, and all the usual ceremonies gone through with, even to the 
king’s having his own cup-bearer, Jimmy Housman, who was one of 
the party. 
After the ava was over, theatricals were resorted to for the amuse- 
ment of their majesties. This was a business in which many of 
the crew of the Peacock were proficients, having been in the habit of 
amusing themselves in this way. Jim Crow was the first piece, and 
well personated, both in appearance and song, by Oliver, the ship’s 
tailor. This representation did not. fail to amuse the audience ex- 
ceedingly, and greatly astonished their majesties. Jim Crow’s appear- 
ance, on the back of a jackass, was truly comical: the ass was enacted 
by two m@n in a kneeling posture, with their posteriors in contact; the 
body of the animal was formed of clothing; four iron belaying-pins 
served it for feet; a ship’s swab for its tail, and a pair of old shoes for 
its ears, with a blanket as a covering. The walking of the mimic 
quadruped about the deck, with its comical-looking rider, and the 
audience, half civilized, half savage, gave the whole scene a very 
remarkable effect. The king confessed that if he had been alone, he 
would be much frightened at the curvetting and braying of the beast 
before him. The queen, on its being explained to her that what she 
saw was only two men, expressed the greatest astonishment in her 
eager, incredulous look. ‘The dance of “Juba” came off well, through 
the exertions of Howard and Shepherd, but the braying ass of Godwin, 
with the Jim Crow of Oliver, will long be remembered by their savage 
as well as civilized spectators. ‘The whole company seemed contented 
and happy; the king had his extra bowl of ava, the queen and chiefs 
their tea and supper; and all enjoved their cigars, of which they 
smoked a great number. On Captain Hudson expressing to the king 
his hope that the queen had got over her fears, and inquiring if she 
was tired, he replied, “‘ Why should she be troubled? is she not with 
