170 WMBOCK. [cBiP.xi. 



such a straightforwai'd iiiamier tliat 1 liave iio doubt the 

 process described to ine was that actually used ; although, 

 when examining one of tlie liandsome, well-fiaished, and 

 serviceable guns, it was very iiard to realize the fact, that 

 they had been made from fii-yt to last with tools hardly 

 sufficient for an English blaclvsniith to make a liorse-shoe. 



Tlie day after we returned from our excursion, the 

 lUjah came to Anijianam to a feast given by Gusti 

 (Jadioca, who resides there; and soon after his arrival we 

 went to have an audience. We found liim m a large 

 courtyard sittin^t on a mat under a shady tree ; and all hia 



