The King, However, Was Inconsolable For His Loss, And Looked Round Him In Vain For Some One To Supply The Place Of His Friend, But The Ardour Of His Affection Was Too Strong, And Held By The Hope Of Following His Friend To Another World, He Committed Suicide.

This was the most affecting instance of genuine friendship, and indeed the only one, that came to the hearing of the travellers since they had been in the country.

Yarro was much attached to the widow Zuma, and she would have fled to Kiama, instead of going to Boosa, if her intentions had not been suspected, and her actions narrowly watched by the ruler of Wowow.

Unwilling as the Landers always were to infringe upon the observance of the Sabbath, they were nevertheless compelled on Sunday, May 30th, to submit to the mortification of cleaning and polishing a sword and pistol, which were sent them for that purpose by the king, against the approaching mahommedan festival. Yarro shortly afterwards sent them a turkey, and one of his women presented them with a roasted badger, a quantity of yams, &c. for the use of one of their people. On this evening, the wives of the king unanimously bestowed a severe reprimand on their royal husband for neglecting to offer them a portion of a bottle of rum, which was given to him on the preceding day. The ladies scolded so lustily, that the noise was heard outside the wall surrounding their huts, which led them to make the discovery.

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