Flis p^rt* Uh palace fjJfcreil imtu'an)- 

 Doihlrj^ iMiij^^riiricient ; it was }«imp]y 

 :i wouden lifmne cim^reil \v\tU at tap a, 

 likfi »i\ t\ip. Iioiises oi h\<i ^wUjfu'is. A 

 few ^iiiis ol JStiiall calibre «K<*ivpd im 

 rKat we were witli the iioweiliil vh\ef 

 of ilic (iiiuittry. In the evening tlip 

 Court was more tiuiiif^fuui^ly aitetided 

 than tisual : all the country wa$i tin 

 ihe qtHVfve; tlie ruiiM)iir wast spread 

 that iJiirty^ Eumpeiiiis h^d arrived; 

 ftvery (mis was eaptr to see our fire 

 arms, lisit^j, liiii^^a^eiiiJd iiervciiits. Wt: 

 were the ohjtct upon whidi all eyes 

 were fixed; the topiifs of tlieii noriver- 

 eatujti wen; all about us : every otie 

 ^gu^flit to Mpeak to us, p uiiiii^ u^ all 

 SQrt of r|iirstH)nR, whidk it was often 

 extremely dilficult lo answer. We 

 anHwered only those that were hsseiii- 

 bitrrft^sirij*:; to the others we 



Bald, thnt wo couhl not underfitand 

 them, for 3 ur 4 persony were ques- 

 tion Uigf us iit tlie tiauie time* At 

 about ID clock at ui^^lit, wli*>n 

 every one hud re I i red ^ we tlmught 

 that we would be allowed to re^t: bnt 

 itueh was not thecase : the Puttf^ulooh 

 who up to the time hhd utit been uble 

 to hold ronveifiiition with uss, wislied 

 to dt> it; and that lie might doit 

 more easily, he i rdered his inut and 

 pillow lo tH* plriced iienr us. Tollow- 

 ing Ui.4 c?cnn»ple, we stretched ouj**etvir3 

 on our mat* and rested from tlie fa- 

 ijguei of the day. The Pungulooh, after 



