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KirrEliTAINMKNT. 



acedlX)|^itHt thv rajali ; tlie former aiiti(iu;ite(.l 

 personnt^e lirono-ht witli liiin liis st)ii, a iittic Ik>v 

 about four or five years old ; he was a keen, 

 black-eyed little fdlow, wore a Moorman s cap 

 ^«i^tly worked witli gold Ime, on Ms little 

 .slis^d crauiiiiii ; a scarlet jacket and trowsers, 

 a inmilMn* of <2,'uld and silver Iian*j.'K> nI>otit his 

 wrists and ancles, and an amulet or eljarni i which 

 consists of a sentence from the Koran, written 

 and flm^ & mm^ t6 protect the wearer 

 from injury — the priests niak^ 4 ]^C^ Imrvest 

 in this kind of traffic, whicli appeal^ tp me strictly 

 analoji'ons to the African frft<<he.'i) pendetl from 

 Lis neck ; the dark diminutive creature chattered 

 incessantly, aji4 waa iaquMtiv^ $imt every 

 tMiig it Bm -$ aj>ijeai?fs4 d*v^4 of f^t, mi 

 qpite tame, sn&ring itself to be handled with 

 impunity. 



After all our sable visitors had concluded 

 their rambles over, and inspection of, tlie ship, 

 tb«|jr wei^e inidted Mto the 6uddy, ise^ted 



TiEIUnd the table, and caliin biscuit and ohieese 

 were placed lielurc them. The\ {*^ inccd sduu' |tar- 

 tialitv to the ibnner, by devomiuLi- larm' (piaii- 

 tities themselves, und passing >upplies to the 

 numersOfUfi yiho mvld not feed at tlie 



table ; tfe^ mM nc^ Im It^vsSi^ libiis pwlr- 

 licly to t-aste wine or )jeer, being against 



