336 SURPRISE OF MULIAILY. [1820. 
When dining one evening at the house of Henry 
Ellis,Esq. Deputy Secretary, Muliaily, the Match- 
appee who had travelled with me from Lattakoo, 
was sent for, that we might witness the effect which 
a table covered with branch candlesticks, crystal 
decanters, glasses, &c. would have upon him. On 
entering the room, the objects which first at- 
tracted his attention were several rows of pearl 
beads round the neck of an elegantly dressed 
lady, to whom he instantly walked up, and 
taking hold of the beads with his black hands, 
said to the lady, " These are very beautiful." 
Whether he expected she would present them to 
him, was uncertain, but he unquestionably co- 
veted them. So soon as he could withdraw his 
eyes from the coveted beads, he was struck with 
the glare of light by which he was surrounded, 
and greatly admired the silver candlesticks sup- 
porting three branches, the mirrors, crystal 
articles, &c. He was not the least abashed, but 
felt as much at home as though in the midst of 
his own people at Lattakoo. 
By the invitation of Captain Vernon, of the 
Blossom sloop of war, then lying at Simon's 
Bay, Dr. P. and I took Muliaily, and two other 
of his countrymen, to see a ship of war. Though 
they had never been on the water before, they did 
not show the least reluctance to step into the 
boat. They were astonished at every thing about 
