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 horseshoe.
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
just inquired who I was, and what I was doing in Lombock, 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.
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