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the focus; an operation which he quickly comprehended, and rea¬ 
dily lengthened or shortened the tube until it suited his sight. He 
looked through his glass, at a frontispiece to one of the numbers of 
Bell’s British Theatre, Miss Young in the character of Artemisia, 
and exclaimed with amazement, “ How small about the waist, and 
what a vast circumference below !” The impression was natural; and 
in general, the observations that he made indicated a shrewdness of 
apprehension, and much sound judgment. Mr. Davis had taken a 
view of Buxadewar, which was laying on the table: the Soobah was 
instantly struck with it, and recognized all the different parts of his 
habitation; the beams, the stairs, the people looking out at the win¬ 
dows, and even the packages that lay beneath. He staid with us till 
the servants came to prepare for dinner. 
I invited him to dine, to which he readily agreed. At table he ate 
and drank as we did, without scruple; yet I suspect his urbanity might 
incline him to suppress expressions of dislike, and to do some violence 
to his taste; for beer and claret could hardly be agreeable to a palate, 
unaccustomed to such liquors ; he drank of them, however, as well as 
of Madeira, and said he liked them much: he admired our bread, and 
ate of it heartily. After dinner, in the way of conversation, I men¬ 
tioned that we were desirous of going to the top of an adjacent hill, 
towards which 1 pointed, and asked him if there was any road. He 
observed to me, that it was a consecrated place, and that he would 
choose by all means to accompany us. My guns were standing in a 
corner of the tent, and he expressed some curiosity to look at them: 
they were charged, and I fired one at a kite. Presently, as we walked 
