INSPECTION OF THE SHIP. 



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ing to tlic nnik Jind wt'iiUli of flio owiu^r. Tin* 

 cuttiiio- iinrliiHi nl' lihule is fornitMl of stt'cl, 

 tlie miiaiinliT of iron ; tlu' temper of the weapons 

 is not gootl, l)eiag extremely brittle. 



ThB ntjah ai^red in the mm^ fi^p^dl 

 m on our intemcfw yesterdaft his Followers 



formed, in ilress, a moth^v 2:ri>n|). There was a 

 fnie looking' hid, ahont fonrteon years of Jige, 

 who ciime with the party ; ho was step-brother 

 1© iHe rajali, or, as wepeMipim^i ^ ^t.^iI0O^^^ 

 mm wb0 spoke sdnsfce BagMi^ ^* m0jfyS&fi im 



m&thersy rajah, and fliis bot/ he was dressed 

 in a scarlet jacket, decorated with gold hicc, a 

 haiKUomc kris, and wore gold, bangles around 

 his ^m^i ^Ehe young rajab about the 

 iihipy seeming to emjoy all he heh^ld y mistook 

 tlie sow (who behaved romnrk^hfy W-dl on this 

 occasiou, neither grniiting' nor giving any indi- 

 e;itions of tlie snspieious family to which she be- 

 longed, but set upon her haunches gazing un- 

 tae^ingly at the Wd im wm in 



abliorrence) for Ik Mud fisf dogi "Wds d^ 

 lighted with tlit.^ tnrkies, which he had ncvcT 

 seen hefore. A ])air of the binls wei-e j>resented 

 to him, and also a sheep, at which he was much 



Ooj thlttijpanfefiieiadj the "tedifigmH&to,'' 

 and also a train at £d4;endant» and merchant^^ 



