A N A G G 0 U N T O F
paper, and his pencil, on which he: attempted to delineate
three or four figures, v # y rudely, without the leaft proportion
; their heads, inftead of:an oval, - being in a pointed
form like a fuggy-loaf, Nor let any one conclude from this
circumftance, that the King was oftentatious to exhibit the
little knowledge he po defied o f the a rt; I rather mention
it as a proof o f his dpennefs o f temper, to let Mr. DEyis fee
that he was not totally ignorant o f what was meant by i t ;
nor was it lefs a mark o f his condefcenfion, in fhewing he.
cquld wer.y imperfectly trace what the artift was able mqre
happily to delineate. He approved in the fir anger t^ofeta'-
lents he would himfe;lf have been ambitious to ppflefs,,-and
in his manner of teftifying Ms approbation, exhibited, ihr
captivating colours that which no pencil could jdifplay—thg
urbanity o f a noble mind.
"The: King now fignified to his guefts, that he wduld
condudf them up to the town $ they exprefled their readi-
neff to . attend him, .and. ordered their colours to" be raifed
and carried before them, wifhing to imprefs. on the natiyfes
what little idea of ceremony their forlorn fituation: could,
admit-of., PEi.EW.is hardly more than a quarter of a:mile
from the fhore; they afeended a bank into a wood,'led by
the King and R a a K ook, .and followed by a great concourfe
o f people. Having paged the wood,-they found themfelves
on a fine broad caufeway, or pavement, with rows of trees
pn each fide, forming a grove; this caufeway- was raifed
about