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window, and draw up their coat-fleeves, that fhe might fee *7 8 3' 
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the colour of their fkin; after fhe had viewed them atten¬ 
tively, and afked, through the General, as many circumftan- 
ces refpe£ling them as fhe thought fhe could with propriety 
obtrude, fhe lignified that die would not longer trefpafs on 
their time by detaining them; fo they rofe and took leave of 
her *. 
The General now told them he wiftied to conduct them 
to his own houfe, which was a little diftant from the firft 
fquare, where the King had allotted them their habitation.—■ 
At the houfe of this Chief they were received quite in a fa¬ 
mily way, without any form; they were obliged juft to 
tafte of what was fet before them, though their appetites 
had been fufficiently taken away by partaking of fo many 
entertainments before. Raa Kook’s wife brought them 
in a broiled pigeon, which they, out of compliment, eat 
a bit of, for the honour done them. — In this domeftic 
fcene Raa Kook appeared in a new and amiable light; 
it was a fttuation which placed to their view that benevo¬ 
lent heart of his they had themfelves before frequently 
noticed.—Here he was furrounded by feveral of his chil¬ 
dren, two of whom were very young, and feemed almoft 
of the fame age; they were climbing up his knees and 
* This lady feemed to have a greater degree of refpedl and attention paid her than 
any other of the King’s wives $ fhe never went abroad, and her houfe was the King’s 
general refidence, 
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