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colour ; within, the fruit is of a purplish tinge, traversed 
by darker fibres. It is generally divided — not unfre- 
quently as boys divide apples, L e. by the teeth — into 
small pieces when presented. This Princess is the 
same person who was so influential on Lander’s visit, 
and was then called the Queen, She still appears to be 
all-powerful ; at least she had the arrangement, as 
before, of our interview with the King, though she did 
not accompany us. She bears evidence of increased age, 
and being in mourning, she was so filthily dirty and 
mean in her appearance, that it required some exercise 
of faith in the correctness of our recollections to induce 
the belief that she was the gay, bustling woman who 
managed all the preceding King’s affairs, and who, 
taking Lander’s arm, led us into the royal presence. She 
now crawled out of a dark hut, and sat in the entrance, 
conversing with us on various points relative to our pre- 
sent and former visits ; having remembered Commander 
William Allen quite well, and inquired after Mr. 
Lander. 
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One of the missionary gentlemen explained to her the 
views and benefits of Christianity, which she listened to 
with deep interest, and expressed a desire that Christian 
‘ Mallams’ should be sent to teach them. She acknow- 
ledged the folly of the superstitions of her country ; hut 
having been brought up in the observance of them, and 
being but a woman, did not dare to make any alteration 
in her faith. As to human sacrifices, she allowed that 
they do invariably obtain, on the death of Kings and 
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