devotion?-'being finished,-the windpw»-beforClnentioned» suddenly opened,
and'discoyereld' th^-E-ngy TeeSyi&^eatetbsbfehindfeitt The Gourjaefs-imme-*
eLiatety bent their-bpdies, andisat in a crouching"ttttitude, with their hands
joined:-'-the English -gentlemen-joined'©eir ^-hands like the rest of- the
company, • The prince se'emed-to be about twenty-eight or thirty years
of agef of an open countenance, and rather inclined to corpulency; but
of his person we could not judge, as his head and shoulderst^frlys were
visible. HisJiabit, as much as could Tie seen'of it; shone-with gold, and
he wore on his head, a pyramidical cap that glistened. exceedingly, but of
its real richness we could not form any estimate, being- a t too greatsa dis?
tance. A list of the presents was then recited in a loud- voice by a p ^ ^ ^ t
kneeling in front of the sofa; after which total silenceprevailed throughout
the assembly; not. a word was spoken b y the prince-; hetnoticedinoione-,
but sat erect and motionless, without appearing to look neither teethe right
or the left. About a quarter of an hour elapsed in this dumb interview,
when on a sudden, by some agency invisible to us, the window-shutters
were closed, and we saw him no more.
A very handsome desert was then Served up, on dishes spread on gilded
trays. We tasted of several things, and, when the repast Was,/ended’,
returned to the Rhoom, in which.we remained until the . royal-, family
passed, by. As much form was observed this day, as when the court assembled
at the Lotoo; and the demonstrations of respect- manifested towards
the Engy Teekien, as well by his brothers, as by inferior subjects,
fell little short of what is offered to the sovereign himself, a ‘cireuifi-
stance that strikingly evinces, the wisdom and -policy of the government.
The Chobwas, or petty 'princes, who followed the royal family) were on
this day very numerous: we were told that there were all together fifty-six
41hobwas (lcpuukh‘(foM®lip33lliim in stjhtfS'Ttl teHtf&ies
muit i)6 iVLi.V'faflqiju-JiderSl’i'li..*1'Orf thi. p in u n 'wu itsiaii;uhcl(;o'V(5KK)^®i',
»Ramons \\ iiu«> amongst them in procession, from which w«. nfrfehtded th ilv'
Slid is ^ ^ p s r a r y p r ^ l l e ; aS|fatien»tf^irit|(hhe»kjii^(®j'i‘ii(tii.Tyl!fi^aff-
_'points/Bnjm irf olifc a'V-^U foJiSjiJic }?acthrj35SBi»$cc ofti'Rdj coiu1ir\ ha’ppifiS
,to bo a-nwiioi- ( ot£ilu iipATaph[ttho tdin i m'bTT'Lyon!'(4$pra!>]fi§i a hairs: '
|pSffite«mothbi o( dio pi}5rjqqfTJJfrffictJt)fji] iititTl|t'Kcd i(Iy
been intentional, a ijprinc issSbf h I t d i <^fu_t ,
and bi.ns
JisteF--had j^ e c ^ tlle 1 wifi (> ,D»oa-A \$p nf ]f f a s
'^aiSftfSy-f'and' hor^fa^glitLb1 &H1Y1 ^ isjMKdlif'ti) Yd EW'slii
p Y a r K k a t i (fn (u'annt wtftl riiotftu^h-i^wyi'o- Lhi'kifjgn Illicit
been: appfked^thatf’atl^sit ((tfc*th^l^Iw'|^onl(U'bil*^l11 a p t f l ^ ^ i r lT ^ j , '1
yespecfr ta'Bff'lhajestyj-andta^llau^faTiL •.lu.'boYe t,<tu hot fftcucduu^ou-l-
a lt the^sCns of -the--king,''except*ifiie huJS5?ppiir<.-ni.' jt was proper th a tif e ?
|houM waiFupoii'Tier before I j>aid ruy t s'no’& i l i ^ - f r j l^ia s I
gladly sejnbicaced the Ujifprtuihi^l^wicHj thi s olios gSyttiiffS^tcVsYudiitlj tlic1,
drawingrwWf'Uf an \s ta tic pYihttssVJa>td^ffoim??i®rjysuiBm^p|^a'lili^^‘i:
||iprp from a?; sigh^'f^unbsmraonj amon dorts^n ali®raiuw'hdr 1 ut-
-When the ceremony af»-the palace of thefEn'^Teeki*ef#la^eM^l| it was-
not -mote than, two o'clock; and there !jwasi'*yefffsuiR6iefet'StiiA§frd<;iv¥ait-
upon'the Meedaw-Praw, who,- wef.Wfei^^l^ii^di^Tiad,-maitfo!'pYep^r^
^itions’ to receive-uk Mounting-our elephants^ in formUo 'at-t[e^E|
her, and-found her possessed- of a very h'anl^fef^\nansioh\ ,
bourhood of the imperial pilSce; it Wastsitujbt'edUri the Ventrc-oLa^chuj'^
surrounded by a palisade, at the gate off T&hiehbthere? was a-rstageTeleCted
for ofeconvenience in alighting. W ^ ^ ^ H ^ ^ n c l o sV e i 'tw i t ’lm^Vany