CHAP. XX. 
VARIOUS OCCURRENCES DURING OUR RESIDENCE 
AT KURREECHANE— DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE 
—INTERCOURSE WITH THE CHIEFS AND THE 
INHABITANTS, &c. 
On arriving at Kurreechane we were first con- 
ducted to an open part of the town, and desired to 
rest upon a seat made of clay, raised about three 
inches higher than the ground. After sitting 
there a few minutes, surrounded by a pressing- 
crowd of anxious spectators, a messenger came 
to conduct us farther. We immediately rose 
and followed him. The street through which we 
went was crowded with people, and many has- 
tened to their doors to see us pass. The sight 
of white men threw them into fits of convulsive 
laughter; but the young were more seriously 
affected, they screamed, and in the utmost horror 
fled to the first place of concealment they could 
find. The noise was tumultuous, but of a kind 
peculiar to such an occasion. 
