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190 JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
himself, that it would he hetter for him to pay
me a visit, as his absenting himself from my house
without cause had an extraordinary appearance;
and that if he should leave Amarapoorah without
calling on me, it might tend to eradicate the favour-
able opinion I had of him, and invalidate any claim
to attention he might have on me. In the evening
I received a visit from the chekoy of Tavay, a
sensible polite man, who seemed very desirous of
cultivating my acquaintance, which, of course, I
encouraged.
April 5. Early in the morning I sent Mr. Bur-
nett and the interpreters to the enga's whoon, to
know when it would be agreeable to the prince
to favour me with an audience, and to intimate
to him the manner in which I expected to be re-
ceived. Also to inform him, that I should be
happy to pay my respects to him if he would re-
ceive me as the mhee whoonghee, and return my
visit. To the first part of the message he replied,
that all my wishes would be acceded to, except the
wearing my shoes to the foot of the ladder of the
enga's palace, as it was customary for the first
men of the country to take off their shoes at the
gate. He would not answer definitively, but
would consult with the prince, and send me an
answer in the evening. In respect to the latter,
he should be happy to see me whenever it suited
my convenience on my own terms, and would re-
himself, that it would he hetter for him to pay
me a visit, as his absenting himself from my house
without cause had an extraordinary appearance;
and that if he should leave Amarapoorah without
calling on me, it might tend to eradicate the favour-
able opinion I had of him, and invalidate any claim
to attention he might have on me. In the evening
I received a visit from the chekoy of Tavay, a
sensible polite man, who seemed very desirous of
cultivating my acquaintance, which, of course, I
encouraged.
April 5. Early in the morning I sent Mr. Bur-
nett and the interpreters to the enga's whoon, to
know when it would be agreeable to the prince
to favour me with an audience, and to intimate
to him the manner in which I expected to be re-
ceived. Also to inform him, that I should be
happy to pay my respects to him if he would re-
ceive me as the mhee whoonghee, and return my
visit. To the first part of the message he replied,
that all my wishes would be acceded to, except the
wearing my shoes to the foot of the ladder of the
enga's palace, as it was customary for the first
men of the country to take off their shoes at the
gate. He would not answer definitively, but
would consult with the prince, and send me an
answer in the evening. In respect to the latter,
he should be happy to see me whenever it suited
my convenience on my own terms, and would re-