sextant and chronometer, and was anxious for the latest Nautical Almanac, which I promised to send him. His little daughters, accustomed to the sight of foreigners, so far from showing any signs of fear, always came to sit upon my lap, though the yellow cosmetic on their limbs was sure to be transferred in part to my dress. One of them took pride in repeating to me a few words of English, and the other took care to display her power of projecting the elbow forward."

In 1830, Mr. Abeel speaks of "the curiosity and covetousness of the princes" who visited him; but of the prince, who is now the Second King, he says, "that if divested of the fear of Royal displeasure, and rightly guided in his fondness for foreign customs, he would become a blessing to the nation. His title is the Lord of Heaven, his age about twenty-three. He has acquired a smattering of English, and is one of the most intelligent, manly, and improvable characters in the kingdom." (P. 234.)

My intercourse with the Second King was in all respects most agreeable. I found him a gentleman of very cultivated understanding,-quiet, even modest in manners, willing to communicate knowledge, and earnest in the search of instruction. His table was spread with all the neatness and order that are found in a well-regulated English household. A favourite child sat on his knee, whose mother remained crouched at the door of the apartment, but took part in the conversation. The King played to his guests very prettily on the pipes of the Laos portable organ. He had a variety of music; and there was an exhibi