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particular friends; but when the sun became too high, and the 
light too strong, I was obliged to cease. I insert a number of 
engravings of these portraits, with a view of showing the 
remarkable heads and features of the Hova race. 
Soon afterwards I received a note to say that as the coming 
night would be the last I should spend at the capital, the 
prince and princess would come at half-past six o’clock to 
spend the evening with me. In the afternoon a note came 
from Prince Ramboasalama, the nephew of the queen, and the 
cousin of the prince, stating that he would be very glad if I 
would take the likeness of his daughter; but I was obliged to 
reply that, much to my regret, my materials were all packed, 
and it was then too late for me to comply with his wishes. 
Soon after six o’clock my English friend, the queen’s secre¬ 
tary, came, and at the time they had specified, the prince and 
princess, with the adopted daughter of the latter, came, at¬ 
tended by two or three female domestics. They wore plain 
dresses of rich satin, and costly necklaces. That of the young 
princess was of small pearls. Over their dresses they wore 
beautiful white lambas, bordered with five broad stripes of 
scarlet and green satin. When they took their seats at my 
plainly furnished table, I apologised on account of most of my 
things being packed up; but they both assured me it was not 
for the sake of what I could set before them, but from the 
friendship of their hearts, that they desired to come and spend 
the last evening with me. In partaking of my evening 
refreshment, the ladies appeared to prefer some light crisp 
biscuits with their tea, and declined the ham, the diviners 
having prohibited the use of the flesh of hogs within the 
capital; but the prince and his companions manifested no 
scruples on that head. The prince having ordered his band 
to attend, it was stationed in the yard outside, and played at 
intervals during the evening. 
My visitors frequently repeated their expressions of regret 
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