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of his attendants sitting at the door with a gold sword, who, on re- 
ceiving permission, went and told him I was come home ; shortly 
after he came, and expressed great wonder at all he saw. He 
said I had too many silver spoons, and modestly requested I 
would give him one or two ; his attendant who fanned him thought 
so too^ as he attempted to steal one, but one of the servants hap- 
pening to pass, he threw it under the table^ I wished him to sell 
me his horse, but he said he was too great a man to walk home, 
and the ground hurt his feet. 
Sunday 30. The King paid me a long visit, he heard, he said, 
that my horse had died, and had come to see me least I should 
think he forgot me, but he had so much fetish to make, and so 
many palavers to settle, that he had little time. The conversation 
then turned on the travels of Englishmen, and the white men 
drowned in the Quolla (Niger.) I explained to his Majesty the 
objects of the expeditions sent from England to the interior of 
Africa, and expressed how anxious I was to get Mr. Park's books 
and papers for the King of England ; his Majesty promised to aid 
me in doing so, and before he went away, desired me to point out 
to him what 1 conceived the proper method. 
The King then began to talk about my living with him, and if I 
Hked to do so ; he said I was like a king, and wished his people to 
treat me with respect, and every one run to see me when I went 
out^ as they run to see him. I said that some of his people wished 
to accuse me of treason for putting buckles in my shoes at the 
Adai custom. The King said that none dared do so, but those 
whom he ordered, any other would have their heads cut off: but I 
was different, and he knew Enghshmen did what was proper. His 
majesty took his leave with many expressions of personal attention, 
which, whether they were sincere or not, were at least to be 
received with politeness. 
