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GIFTS TO A REGENT. 
[1820. 
sence of a great concourse of people, who sat on 
the ground that all might see. I presented him 
with a looking-glass in a gilded frame, one of my 
own red handkerchiefs, a red worsted night-cap, 
some beads, a clasp knife, scissars, pictures, with 
many trinkets, all furnished by my good friends 
at Kingsland. Almost every thing that could 
hang was put on him. He seemed pleased. A 
child Jying asleep on a pedestal, composed of 
china-ware was handed round for the inspection 
of the multitude, which excited much wonder 
and laughter. Having received all I meant to 
give upon that occasion, he walked to the middle 
of the inclosure loaded with the articles to ex- 
hibit them to greater numbers. I could not col- 
lect from his features whether he was satisfied 
or not with the presents. He had sometimes 
smiled, particularly when an old man's beard was 
cut off to show the use of scissars, which I did 
by permission. A king of a neighbouring nation 
was present on the occasion, a stout, tall, and 
good-looking man. He was king of Doughoo- 
boone, about twenty miles to the S. E. of Kurree- 
chane. He made a present of an ox to the 
Marootzee Regent. I witnessed about an hun- 
dred of the captains feasting on it at the gate of 
the public inclosure where the waggons stood. 
The Regent was seated in the centre, wearing 
the red night-cap, with a gold fringe round the 
