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Haripa at their head. He was a man about 
forty years of age, tall, well made, exceedingly 
ftrong, and confequently formed by nature for 
ruling the feeble multitude. 
Before I proceeded to inftall him, I defired 
to know whether they were all agreed in ac- 
knowledging him ; or if any one objeded to 
his eledion. Being afllired that they were 
imanimous, I ordered Klaas to approach. Klaas 
immediately advanced, holding in his hand one 
of thofe grenadier caps given me by Colonel 
Gordon, and of which I have already fpoken. 
He had bruflied it with great care ; and had 
polifhed the copperplate in the fron% which 
was ornamented with the arms of Holland, 
that is to fay, a lion rampant, having in one 
of his fore-paws feven arrows, and in the other 
a naked fabre. 
This fymbol could not fail to pleafe thefe 
favages, as it exhibited a reprefentation of the 
weapons peculiar to them, and of the moft 
formidable animal of their country, which I 
took care to point out to them. They tefti- 
fied their admiration in the mod expreffive 
manner ; and imagined that, fuperior to kings, 
I had by my almighty power made this work 
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