shaft is held by a cross-piece of bamboo with a bole in it,
and the basket is filled with stones to get the required
weight. Two hoys tnrn the bamboo round. The barrels
are made in pieces of about eighteen inches long, which
are first bored small, and then welded together upon a
straight iron rod. The whole barrel is then worked with
borers of gradually increasing size, and in three days the
boring is finished. The whole matter was explained in
such a straightforward manner that I have no doubt the
process described to me was that actually used; although,
when examining one of the handsome, well-finished, and
serviceable guns, it was very hard to realize the fact, that
they had been made from first to last with tools hardly
sufficient for an English blacksmith to make a horse-shoe.
The day after we returned from our excursion, the
Rajah came to Ampanam to a feast given by Gusti
Gadioca, who resides there; and soon after his arrival we
went to have an. audience. We found him in a large
courtyard sitting on a mat under a shady tree ; and all his
followers, to the number of three or four hundred, squatting
on the ground in a large circle round him. He wore
a sarong or Malay petticoat and a green jacket. He was
a man about thirty-five years of age, and of a pleasing
countenance, with some appearance of intellect combined
with indecision. We bowed, and took our seats on the
ground near some chiefs we were acquainted with, for
while the Rajah sits no one can stand or sit higher. He
first inquired who I was, and what I was doing in Lom-
bock, and then requested to see some of my birds. I
accordingly sent for one of my boxes of bird-skins and
one of insects, which he examined carefully, and seemed
much surprised that they could be so well preserved. We
then had a little conversation about Europe and the
Russian war, in which all natives take an interest.
Having heard much of a country-seat of the Rajahs
called Gunong Sari, I took the opportunity to ask .permission
to visit it and shoot a few birds there, which he
immediately granted. I then thanked him, and we took
our leave.
An hour after, his son came to visit Mr. Carter accompanied
by about a hundred followers, who all sat on the
ground while he came into the open shed where Manuel
was skinning birds. After some time he went into the
house, had a bed arranged to sleep a little, then drank
some wine, and after an hour or two had dinner brought
him from the Gusti’s house, which he ate with eight of
the principal priests and princes. He pronounced a
blessing over the rice, and commenced eating first, after
which the rest fell to. They rolled up balls of rice in
their hands, dipped them in the gravy and swallowed them
rapidly, with little pieces of meat and fowl cooked in a
variety of ways. A boy tanned the young Rajah while