inclinationof the body., and jpajsiqg^tbe banddo.>fcbe head, as they d id ;
a desire witb s^hifb lcamj®ed,’.)Jf6hQBgh I'eQS^a<yjed the distaj^selsoisgpeat;
as hanByrto require tba4 paitfc.df:!i!e^iect.i 'Wb^Jwe bad proceeded two
a&three bimdredyin-ds fe tb e rt A s Sandobpan^repeated theleeimnony o f
bowing, i|o which I offered no abjection, nor should Hia -to fik ' the smallest
reluctance ffi'iGamplymg,frad: nnt die manner, o f the isandohgaan bee® what
I considered extremely disrespectful, - Thus we prcoceqded, u a d iw e eaaSe
to the ihoam;iwhii;h .was a lofty hall, raised four pmjfive'feet from =the
ground, add open on aH sides y rt was situaifod about a hundrsebyaticfc
fmm the gate .af the palace aouat, on the; If& hand, a p d in tteicantsejofia»
spacious area. Putting .ofNnn’ shoes we entered the saloon, pndisat down
on carpete that were spread for us, with our jfaces towards the. palace --gator/
here the presents were deposited, whilst ithetQhinese deputies, took their
places on the other side. fttl
It was now about ten o-'olock, and the i Woondack intimated itbat .
we must wait until all the princestoft the noy.al famiJjy arwvad, »before
it would be proper for^tis to enter: we bad sat feat a'shoKt-itlaiei, when
the Prince of Pegahm, the junior of-the King’s sons, in point of rank
though not in years, being born of a different mother,,madeMs;afi|)eMrSsee.'i
He was mounted on the neck «f ayeryfinedbjdiant, which he guMediurhself,
sitting on a scarlet d o th embroidered with gold,- whilst a servant behindj
on the back of the animal, screened him from the sun with a gilded parasol.
About fifty musqueteers led the way ;• these were followed by a number of
halberdiers, carrying spears with gilded shafts, and decorated with-gold tel®
sets. Six or eight officer? of bis household (each of the King's sons have a
separate establishment) came next, dressed in velvet robes with embroidered
caps, and, chains of gold depending from the left shoulder to the right-
Mde;; dibs® immediately preceded the prince's elephant n | anofrh&ife body df
spearmen, eaErtd«ia|gthegat6dh
®S^®tbf^deib%b3® afttOTdasrfsl0cffelMh®d1|tJss®hf^;*a,'5^:^,t!^r^ ®
hegbverueHrbisiebpha!top^a'^.itotua0y:thfrigttbai'ea®cte!USs4;;a‘®-‘l ^®aP<Ma
ki shffefed foi!l)eubr€pgH8wifhm< fihe iprd©j®q(gj®b;fHe;pal^#s®0!fe:-e^ni:lKj
his-Majesty Thif-'Pdin^’^etp^t^hahftlsditbonlrthmgates apdathfe
greater Adse b ) ^ |J id * ^ ^ pW e d
yah© were of highef ?,rankj fogetjrarvj^bsdhhbmen :wfeo,;eamdejd- -hisr/krgfc
beetle-box ioftgoldf,,: aii4i.h^r,%ggft%Qf which ar-e teb»ght?Pcft'her, for
state than fer oijitMjbtPSltf < W'lten'jthe'pF}ncefhad-yl^gtifodrh*s,(^'&fkHffIfllfr
|Msmedftiaftd:aft,#he:/MWda*i)is.^a®gpd^hemsefe^iH;ltt e . ^ P c ^ ^ S ? ^ i ^ ;
rhoom and the palace gate. Sn^rafte^theSjPri^ee'of^qgg^qii'ihad en^erg^,
thfePrippa 0fTdngh®,jfeb next in* precedent«,i appr'atydr; 1k> wasjawm|li.d'
by d >;Sufto nearly .simfrat -toy that p i
the,princesidfsfrassei« addf-of Piomej: the-&gy^gl^efej^.h^fli®®arje®t4
came last?;, when he arrived it was tWel>vp^sltek,j^hifjh,v.tlfe,gs^»h.d?)Wt
fhat qtrt.>eUtwrisi- th® i%>u^s»sq3M(ded frdm.!ar fo% tower near *he ,palaed>
The state. .madet hig public entrance wa*
high% supqjrfe» andsh^fdlB^Jli ffiasflfoWsd.^tfom-., .Hej.i5raarfahqeddAihyA
Bj«l^rous-body ga?flgA^M^iah^.^ f ^ ti^ o f e f eMR*r j wd^ q^ f tldBfiBI.
suSmed yvith mbsqHefofoWh^i^EGhed in raguJaj'JifoS^ andtjWPj.hpii^Jbiy
efothed/and aeqgntredfji <1Wfo^l!llk%.Pa^ 0% jfi^%i^R |WH$j|lN|i^88l
tbflii- faneilybdre^sj ^ffr> ffifN .cMfrcaffe^^tj>aj^il> ^ a d kM > a ^ d < !^ |» e t^
told that through respect they had-alighted. front.fbeirr.hereqsMafly/atjfhe
same: plaGe-yvjhaFe eyre? haditfekfounted^ Twgnlfyi'Pd'tthil'#y«n^ r ' ?N i ^ re<i
these,, % ld J n g ^ g-g^ded:.wand^'.,thMn joaajeffjghtetffr or’tWten^^plitar-y;
officers- of - rank, with-gilded, helmets; 3 ne^j^ha civil officers of his house