These Men Came To Settle A Domestic Quarrel, Which Was Soon Decided By The Chief, Who, After Receiving The Usual Salutation Of Dropping On The Knees With The Face To The Earth, Chatted And Laughed Immoderately; This Was Considered By The Travellers As A Happy Omen.

In that country, very little ceremony is observed by the meanest of the people towards their sovereign, they converse

With him with as little reserve, as if he were no better than themselves, while he pays as much attention to their complaints, as to those of the principal people of the country. An African king is therefore of some use, but there are kings in other parts of the world, of whose use it would be a very difficult matter to find any traces, and who know as much of the complaints or grievances of their subjects, as of the nucleus of the earth. Nor was king Adooley supposed to be entirely destitute of the virtues of hospitality, for it was observed that the remainder of his onion was divided equally amongst the chiefs, who had come to visit him, and was received by them with marks of the highest satisfaction.

In the afternoon, a herald proclaimed the approach to the habitation of the venerable chief of Spanish-town, with a long suite of thirty followers. The old man's dress was very simple, consisting only of a cap and turban, with a large piece of Manchester cotton flung over his right shoulder, and held under his left arm.

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