The  arrival  of  a  human  ship  tras  an  event
likely  to  create  excitement  in  m  monikin  ooun-
try  ;  and,  as  our  a^qwoacb  had  been  witnessed


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for  seyeral  hours,  preparations  had  been  made
to  ghre  us  a  proper  reception.  The  section  of
the  academy  to  wfaoin  is  committed  the  custody
of  the  *'  Science  of  Indieations**  was  hastily  as-
sembled, by  order  of  the  king,  who,  by  the
way,  never  speaks  except  thtough  the  mouth
of  hb  oldest  male  first  cousin,  who,  by  the  fun-
damental laws  of  the  realin,  is  hdd  responsible
for  all  his  official  acts,  (in'  private,  the  king  is
allowed  almoat  as  many  privileges  as  any  other
monikin,)  and  who,  as  is  due  to  him  in  simf^
justice,  is  permitted  to  exercise,  in  a  public
point  of  view,  the  functions  of  the  eyes,  ears,
nose^  conscience,  and  tail  of  the  monarch.  The
$avans  were  active,  and  as  they  proceeded  with
method,  and  on  well-established  principles,
their  report  was  quickly  madt.  It  contained,
as  we  afterwards  understood,  seven  sheets  of
premises,  eleven  of  argument,  sixteen  of  conjec-
ture, and  two  lines  of  deduction.  This  heavy
draft  on  the  monikin  intellect  was  duly  achieved
by  dividing  the  work  into  as  many  parts  as


IC^  THS  MONIKIM8.
cbere  vcre  members  of  the  aectiOD  present,  viz.
