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with the body. Of these, one of the Missionaries has fur¬ 
nished a catalogue, amounting to upwards of one thousand 
articles, including, among others, the following :— 
49 Hats and caps. 
155 Coats and jackets. 
96 Waistcoats. 
171 Pairs of pantaloons. 
Some of the above articles 
were richly ornamented with 
gold lace. 
53 Pairs of gloves. 
47 Neckcloths or cravats. 
54 Pairs of stockings. 
37 Shirts. 
38 Pairs of boots and shoes. 
9 Pairs of gold epaulettes. 
1 gold vase, present from George IV. 
in 1822. 
2 Gold musical boxes. 
18 Gold rings for the fingers. 
3 Watches. 
2 Gold watch-chains. 
1 Silver tureen and ladle. 
2 Silver dishes. 
1 Gold spoon. 
2 Silver plates. 
1 Silver salad-dish. 
1 Silver curry-dish. 
1 Pair of silver candlesticks. 
4 Fine writing-desks. 
1 Glass chandelier. 
24 Looking-glasses. 
1 Pair of crystal decanters. 
4 Crystal dishes. 
1 Gold-headed spear. 
2 Superior gold sword-sashes. 
2 Pairs of pistols, richly orna¬ 
mented with gold. 
10 Swords and sabres. 
1 Fowling-piece with all its ap¬ 
paratus. 
24 Muskets, ornamented with gold 
and silver. 
1 Air-gun. 
24 Native spears. 
Six of the king’s favourite horses were killed —a cask 
of wine was buried opposite to his tomb—and a brass 
cannon was burst and buried.* 
10,300 Spanish dollars were buried with the king, and 
13,952 oxen distributed among the mourners assembled in 
the capital. 
The distribution of the oxen, and the burial of the 
articles of apparel, might be designed to testify respect 
* The cannon was loaded so heavily as to burst, on the same principle 
as that on which they killed the favourite horses of the king, either from 
an opinion, that having once belonged to the king, they could not with pro¬ 
priety be used by any other person ; or that the spirit, in visiting the place 
where the body was laid, might be satisfied on perceiving that the survivors 
had not appropriated to themselves the treasures of their predecessor. 
