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Moyhanger departed highly delighted with his visit; he frequently requested me to repeat it, and often enquired after the health of the chief and his family.

It was extremely inconvenient to take Moyhanger to public exhibitions, or even to walk with him in the streets, on account of John Bull's curiosity: I therefore did not shew him so many of the lions as I otherwise should have done. I accompanied him to St. Paul's cathedral: the vast dimensions of this pile of building appeared to astonish him: the space beneath the dome he contemplated with much satisfaction, but he dwelt with infinite pleasure upon the monuments of our great men.

A great source of entertainment to this native was observing the passengers, making a variety of observations upon their faces and persons, and not unfrequently laughing heartily at their expense.

Wooden legs amused him very much.—One day he saw a man with two; he called