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54- JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
him by his clothes, and whispered, he must not
talk in that manner to the king. The poor man,
in the simplicity of his heart, confessed, that he
trembled from head to foot, not knowing how to
reply ; and that when the king spoke to him, the
whoonghee behind checking him, he remained
mute with his mouth Open; but the king encou-
raging him by his affability, he proceeded, saying,
" Your majesty is great and powerful, and what you
say must be right; but it is proper that I should
speak the truth, and I still think, that when you
see the new coach, you will say it is the hand-
somest." The king laughed, and said he was right:
besides, said he, " the new coach is covered with
lamps." "What," said his majesty, "has it lamps?
have candles been as yet put in them ?" The
man said, " No ;" at which the king seemed much
pleased. The king then said, " You have been
at Ceylon ; what is the age of the king?" He re-
plied, " Fifty years." " Ah, that is near my age."
" He is very black," said the Burmhan: at which
the king laughed. The man then told his ma-
jesty, that the English had conquered Ceylon from
the Dutch, and that no flag was to be seen flying
on the shores of India, but the English; at
which the king expressed great satisfaction, say-
ing, " My people can now have free intercourse
with Ceylon." He then desired him to retire, and
return again with his books and drawings. The
him by his clothes, and whispered, he must not
talk in that manner to the king. The poor man,
in the simplicity of his heart, confessed, that he
trembled from head to foot, not knowing how to
reply ; and that when the king spoke to him, the
whoonghee behind checking him, he remained
mute with his mouth Open; but the king encou-
raging him by his affability, he proceeded, saying,
" Your majesty is great and powerful, and what you
say must be right; but it is proper that I should
speak the truth, and I still think, that when you
see the new coach, you will say it is the hand-
somest." The king laughed, and said he was right:
besides, said he, " the new coach is covered with
lamps." "What," said his majesty, "has it lamps?
have candles been as yet put in them ?" The
man said, " No ;" at which the king seemed much
pleased. The king then said, " You have been
at Ceylon ; what is the age of the king?" He re-
plied, " Fifty years." " Ah, that is near my age."
" He is very black," said the Burmhan: at which
the king laughed. The man then told his ma-
jesty, that the English had conquered Ceylon from
the Dutch, and that no flag was to be seen flying
on the shores of India, but the English; at
which the king expressed great satisfaction, say-
ing, " My people can now have free intercourse
with Ceylon." He then desired him to retire, and
return again with his books and drawings. The