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placed along with the Adigar on the uppermost step of the 
tlirone. 
Although the rest of the hall was well lighted, that part 
where the king sat was contrived to be made more obscure 
than the rest, with a view of impressing a greater awe on 
those who approached him. lie was in appearance a young 
man, very black, with a light beard. ^ He was by no means so 
portly or well-looking as the Adigar and several other of the 
officers around him. He was dressed in a robe of very fine 
muslin embroidered with gold, fitted close to the breast with 
several folds drawn round the waist, and flowing down from 
thence like a lady’s gown. His arms were bare from the el- 
bows downwards. On his fingers he wore a number of very broad 
rings set with precious stones of different sorts, while a number 
of gold chains were suspended round his neck over a stiff frilled 
piece of muslin resembling a Queen Elizabeth’s ruff. His head 
was covered with a turban of muslin spangled with gold, and 
surmounted by a crown of gold, an ornament by which he is 
distinguished from all the other Asiatic princes, who are pro- 
hibited by their religion from wearing this ,badge of royalty, 
and whose ornaments, when they use any, consist simply of a 
sprig or feather of precious stones. His waist was encircled 
with a rich sash, to which was suspended a short curved dag- 
ger or sabre, the handle richly ornamented, and the scabbard 
of gold fill agree- work. In appearance his majesty much resem- 
bled the figures we are accustomed to see of King Henry VIII. 
The Adigar, from his superior size, might indeed be said to do 
so still more; very little difference in dress was discernible be- 
tween him and his sovereign, except that the minister did not 
