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places, to see tlie Jakuus. The kiiif? re{;eived 

 the request witli kindness, ami aiiowed u^; 

 to go vvlierever we chose within the houn- 

 daries ol'liis stale ; and, alter a few minutes 

 of friendly conversation, he got up, saying 

 to us* ffCome here, 1 will show you some Ja^ 

 kuns;^? and took the Rev. Borie hy the 

 hand. I foilowed them, accompanied hy the 

 king's hrother. We went to a place where 

 near one hundred persons, men, wfomen 

 and children, were huddled conlusedty 

 together, Iving down undei" some rdd and 

 miserable airt- house, separated Irom any 

 other building; resembling the lepers of 

 former times, wiio were hound to reside 

 outside the gates of the cities. Alter hav- 

 ing spent a few minutes in tfie visit we 

 paid to these poor creatures, the king ac- 

 companied us to our lodging, and the»i re- 

 turned hack to the palace. The afternoon 

 was spent in receiving the numerous visits 

 of a good part of the wedding guests, who 



