Star.
London, England, 1827-07-06 00:00:00

After leaving Calais I arrived in England in on. day, at the small
seaport of Dover. The custom-house officers came en board the
picket to examine us, and in the trunk of Mr. Peacock's wife, who
was of the caste of black Portuguese, they discovered two pieces
of moosujhur • and ace piece of kumkhoab they therefore deter-
mined to punish her. I disembarked and pat up at an inn, awl
having written a letter concerning all that had happened an toe, I
dispatched it by post to Captain & then in London.
I was emistantly In the habit of viewing the sights both in the
city and neighbourhood; and the English, who had never before
seen a man of Hindoostan dressed in the manner I was, accounted
me a great curiosity. They came to me in crowds, and because
I was a foreigner they were very kind to me. The great and
I small of the coven hewed me that they were friendly and favour-
ably disposed towards me, as if I had been an old acquaintance ; I
was comforted by their kindness and humanity, and care was I
banished from my sort
One day some people took me along with them to the assembly-
room. where were Ladies and Gentlemen and a band of music.—
As soon as we arrived there, a stop was put to the dancing and I
music, and they all began to stare at me, and having examined my
robe, turban, shawl, and other parts of my costume, they thought
that it was a dress fur dancing or acting in. 1 endeavoured to per-
suade them to the contrary, but they would not believe ; and
every one in the assembly continued to gaze at my dress and ap-
pearance, and I continued observing their excellent entertainment:
and It is singular that I, who went to see a spectacle, became my-
self a sight to others. In that wisdoin-deeeiving assembly, the
falri.n seeing the Hooreest that were there met, drew over their
faces a veil of same; and the boys of Paradise viewing their fan-
like faces, being put oat of countenance, ham down their heads.
1 myself, losing my senses, could see no difference between the
brightness of a lamp and the splendour of their beauty. I stood
like a statue in one spot, and reflecting on the excelling power of
the Aussourr, I praised GOD, and recited this disticb—

diktat be Produces a (living) body,
And from seed mates a fair face:*
Captain 8. and Mr. Peacock having come down from London
in order to recover their effects, placed me along with blahomed
Muckeein In a carriage ; and after our arrival in London, and in
the neighbourhood of Covent-garden, In Captain S.'s brother's
house, we rested ourselves after the hardships of the voyage
With the Biitibh metropolis Mits.% is highly de-
lighted.
What can I say In praise of the City of London? for on the
whole fate of the earth there is no other so large o} so brantlfuL
My tongue wants ability to describe in a fitting manner the excel-
lence of that city.
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A river flows through the midst of it, upon which is seated the
city fort, which is built of black stone and is very strong; it is
called the Tower. In it are numerous armouries, and I saw them
an immense number of cannon of brass and gunmetal, both plain '
and ornamented. One gun is very large—in length it is sixteen
cubits, and its litaireter is such, that if a person sits Sown on one
side of it, he will not he able t,. see a person sitting on the other
side. The monk is so wide that a middling•sisrd tailor can sit