CHAPTER XIV. 
RECEPTION AT LITAKUN. 
When the waggons had nearly reached some of the first houses, 
which lay irregularly scattered on the skirts of the town, and our 
approach was discovered, many of the inhabitants flocked round us, 
and the crowd increased at every step. All seemed highly pleased at 
our arrival, and moved forward by the side of the waggons, witffa 
briskness and alacrity which seemed to show that they regarded 
my coming as a public holiday, or as a great event which rejoiced 
them the more as their expectations of seeing me had so long been 
disappointed. 
As for myself, I scarcely once thought of the rest of my party, 
and seemed to have entirely forgotten that I had either waggons or 
attendants belonging to me ; so completely was my attention absorbed 
by the interesting scene before me, and by the novelty of all which I 
beheld. The good humour which beamed in the countenances of the 
