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geous apparel, and carried on a very handsome sedan chair by four native noblemen, with two nobles to steady him, as the gold decorations on the young man would certainly weigh twenty pounds. They were interwoven with diamonds and other precious stones. The procession stopped in front of the writer, so I got a good look at the young prince as he was taken down from the sedan chair and was conducted into the temporary throne room where he was divested of his gorgeous apparel. Then he was taken up winding stairs to the top of a very high artificial mountain built of bamboo, and covered with green paper, and having miniature trees up the sides and on top. The whole thing was worthy of the occasion. The writer was very much pleased with all he saw. After the ceremony we were conducted to the banqueting hall, and sat down to a bountiful feast, gotten up in true American and English style, with beer, wine and other liquors for those who drank. The whole thing
