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ing four of the Inhabitants, with two or three Ladders to mount it: From whence one of them, who ſeemed to be a Perſon of Quality, made me a long Speech, whereof I underſtood not one Syllable. But I ſhould have mentioned, that before the principal Perſon began his Oration, he cried out three times, Langro Dehul ſan: (theſe words and the former were afterwards repeated and explained to me.) Whereupon immediately about fifty of the Inhabitants came and cut the ſtrings that faſtened the left Side of my Head, which gave me the Liberty of turning it to the right, and of obſerving the Perſon and Geſture of him that was to ſpeak. He appeared to be of a middle Age, and taller than any of the other three who attended him, whereof one was a Page that held up his Train, and ſeemed to be ſomewhat longer than my middle Finger; the other two ſtood one on each ſide to ſupport him. He acted every Part of an Orator, and I could obſerve many Periods of Threatnings,and