I then gave him an Abba (large white Cashmere mantle), a red silk netted sash, a pair of scarlet Turkish shoes, several pairs of socks, a double-barrelled gun and ammunition, and a great heap of first-class beads made up into gorgeous necklaces and girdles.

He took very little notice of the presents, but requested that the gun might be fired off.

This was done, to the utter confusion of the crowd, who rushed away in such haste that they tumbled over each other like so many rabbits.

This delighted the king, who, although himself startled, now roared with laughter.

He told me that I must be hungry and thirsty; therefore he hoped I would accept something to eat and drink.
Accordingly he presented me with seventeen cows, twenty pots of sour plantain cider, and many loads of unripe plantains.