IJAU. 01' UKLlirTlOX. 



We were coiKlocted from this to the " Hall of 

 Rireptinn" For strano-ors, wliirli \va>i a small 

 rooiu, elevated a short distautie above, tiic grauiid, 

 op0Eted on all aides, witli m omanicntal project* 

 Mg roof : tlie aseent to It wm by & irad^i lyamboG 

 kdder, likf an approach to a hay-loft; but as the 

 rajah ascemh'd I)v the same .^fjnrcfisr, of eoiirse 

 we coukl not coiiiphiiu. Go entering the room, 

 we found some chairs of European manufacture, 

 standing m hm U^ hat inofet of them minu» 



|l3Pi9$t tht >i' wr ^vere recpiosl ed tO 



S6at onrselvts until thi- rajali arrhtul. Some 

 coarse mats wei'e nUo laid upon the floor in the 

 centre of the room — or perhaps cage would be 



^ bet^ llf$ntei3dN^tiii£& ihm toomv ht it wa§ more 

 like tiie latter than the former. 



We %vaitcd patiently the arrival of the rajah 

 for some time. sitn"oiin<lerl and gazed at by 

 ^several old, grave-looking, bearded Moormen, 

 reumia^d sikist, ^iiieir organs dtm^m- 

 i&m were ^ost iiCLG^^M^y m^s^ In lik&^g 



the "hetel,*' their teeth being hlaekened, and 

 lij>s become of a briek-red enloiir, from tJie use 

 of this masticatory : it is said that it is a good 

 stomachic, causing the teeatk. to be always 

 sweet ; mi tlie ^iggeartiditi liaajr be mtt&^, fbr the 



brs£lth trfjS«ti»€«1irho an- ill the habit of eh e wing 

 the aromatic compound is agreeable ; but the 



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