1 INTBQDUCTIONv
2 at the top of whick was a luge afarer balL The canvas itsdf wiM
3 led. Its me wm to made the encamping ground The King's tents
4 were nfberwafds sent out The finest was about thirty feet bfoadi
5 and very Icmg. It was formed of wooden frMneSf in. which, were
6 placed canvas pannels in compartments -of various colours. The
7 roof was pink, mid was supported by four poles, each of wliich had a
8 silver ball nt the top. Behind this we re many other tents of a smaller
9 size, and tfic whole wa-s surrounded l)^' ji wall of cotton skrcens.
10 Two sets ot tfiits like this always accoin|)aii\ tlu- King, and with each
11 is a wooden lunise two stories high, whit li ovic luiin lied workmen can
12 pitch in an hour. The town was full oi bustle 4 a number ol troops
13 were encamped under llu b.dla Hissaur. and the streets were crowded
14 with horsemen ; but the tranquillity ol the city was not otherwise
15 disturbed. At length the King moved out to his cauip, and a.H it was
16 not the policy of the British government to take any share in the civil
17 war ; it became necessary to fix on a spot to which the mission should
18 retire. All the ministers agr^d in representing that Feshaw^ waa
19 an imfit . place to nmiam m-dnring troufaled' timea : md AkiMB
20 BbaiiOt after oonaideiiiig and rejeding a plan £ir. our retiring into the
21 mountains of the Euaofyzes, offered to allow na'to occupy the &it of
22 Atfcoek» which woiild, be peffeetly safe in all extnemitiea. Thialwiaa
23 dedtned, and it waa fixed tfaait we thoold go to the eaatcm fiontief»
24 whidier die KngV femily waa alsp to be aent lliia being Brranged;
25 we went on the ISth of June to the £3ng^8 camp to take leaTe. The
26 atieeta were more crowded than ever» and we aaw many partiea of
27 cavalry, and aome exodlok horaeiB.
28 The King^a tents Were pitched in a g»den on the banks of a pond>
29 round which was a temkoe of masonry. The great tent occupied one
30 side of the pond: <» two of the other sides were the Khauns of the
31 oourt»the greater on the King's right, and the lesser on his left( the
32 kmrth side waa, open, so as to allow of the King's seeing down a street
33 finrraed by two raidcs of guards^ which eattended from the pond to the
34 prindpal gate of the garden. We were introduced by a side gate,
35 and led. op tQ the .ri^ hand» where we stood with all the gre«t
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