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CHAP. XV. 
Visit from the Prinee. — Letter to the Queen. — Message and Presents from 
the Queen. — Eegrets on account of my approaching Departure. — Visits to 
the Sick. —Arrangements of the Native Dwellings. — Social Affections. — 
Portrait of the Prince. — Conversations with the Prince. — Astonishment 
and Delight of the Prince and Princess with the Photographic Process. —■ 
Breakfast with the Prince and Princess.—Conversation. —Portraits of Mem¬ 
bers of the Malagasy Court. — Proposal of the Prince and Princess and their 
Friends to spend the last Evening of my Stay in the Capital at my House.— 
The Prince’s Band. — Interesting Conversation. — Why the People of Eng¬ 
land love their Queen. — Security of God’s Protection. — Desire of the 
Youth of the Country after Knowledge. — Possibility of a future College in 
the Capital. —Departure of the Guests_Intercourse with beloved Friends. 
— Bearers provided by the Queen. — Conversation and refined Attention of 
the Prince. — Departure from the Capital accompanied by the Prince and 
Nobles. —- Affecting spectacle of a Prisoner. — Parting with the Prince and 
his Friends. — Reflections on the Visit. — Recent Events. — Sufferings and 
Constancy of the Christians.-— Martyrdom in 1849. —Recollections of the 
Prince. — Estimate of his Character. 
After witnessing this novel and exciting spectacle, I no 
sooner reached my own residence than, slipping on my 
blowse, I began experimentalising again, this time with a 
bottle of vinegar which the prince had sent me in the morn¬ 
ing, as he understood I wanted acid: but the light was too 
far gone before I could make a fair trial. Applications for 
medicine and visits from friends occupied the evening. 
Early in the morning I resumed my occupations, hut failed 
in compounding a good developing mixture. While I was 
employed in this manner, the prince paid me a visit, he was 
followed soon afterwards by the queen’s secretary. They 
examined the camera, and the different parts of the apparatus 
with much attention and interest. After which they sat 
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