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the day I visited the Raja. He asked a thousand questions respecting 
Punukka, and was extremely curious to hear our opinion ofhis favourite 
seat; of course he was equally disappointed, and displeased, that we 
had been denied admittance. However, I amused him with a recapi¬ 
tulation of our adventures, not forgetting the attentions of the steward 
ofhis villa ; at which he expressed particular satisfaction : nor did he 
seem less pleased, that Mr. Davis had improved the opportunity of 
drawing various views in our route. I never concealed from the Raja, 
during our stay with him, any of those trivial occurrences which 
filled up and amused our time. Thus, by an early communication, he 
was apprised of all that happened to us, and had an opportunity of 
hearing what I told him, confirmed by his servants who attended us, 
from whom, no doubt, he obtained a constant account of all our trans¬ 
actions. We eminently experienced the advantages of this conduct: 
it averted suspicious animadversions and misconstructions, and tended 
to inspire him with a confidence, which was strongly testified to us, 
in every possible instance, to the last moment of our stay. We were 
in no respect abridged in the liberty of ranging where we chose; and 
the Raja appeared rather to encourage Mr. Davis, in taking views ofhis 
different palaces, and of the various scenery exhibited in this wild and 
picturesque country. 
We met our old acquaintance, Buxa Soobah, at the palace. His 
visit to Tassisudon had been accelerated by the late commotions; in 
consequence of which, the Raja had summoned him to attend at the 
head of all the troops which his district furnished; and the Soobah 
was marching in full force when the news reached him, that the rebels 
